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On January 9, 2012, the Internal Revenue Service announced that it opens another offshore voluntary disclosure program – 2012 Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program or 2012 OVDP – to help people hiding offshore accounts get current with their taxes and announced the collection of more than $4.4 billion so far from the two previous international programs. […]
In November of 2011, the Social Security Administration announced that the wage base (also known as “contribution and benefit base”) used for computing the social security tax is increased to $110,100 in the tax year 2012. The wage base is used to compute the maximum amount of income subject to the Social Security taxes. This […]
On January 4, 2012, the Internal Revenue Service announced that the taxpayers will have until April 17, 2012 (Tuesday) to file their 2011 tax returns and pay any tax due. This is because April 15, 2012, falls on a Sunday, and Emancipation Day, a holiday observed in the District of Columbia, falls this year on […]
Are you thinking of transferring appreciated property to a foreign corporation in order to utilize the corporate “non-recognition” rules, and to possibly avoid further US taxes? You should be aware that while in certain circumstances it is feasible to transfer such property in order to properly run a business, there are many limitations placed upon […]
With the new year upon us, it’s a good time to review the federal estate and gift tax rules in order to utilize them to their maximum effect. Taxpayers should also be aware that certain beneficial gift and estate tax laws may expire at the end of this year and revert back to the pre-Economic […]