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Treasury 2014 FBAR Currency Conversion Rates of December 31, 2014

According to the June 2014 FBAR currency conversion rates instructions published by FinCEN, in order to determine the maximum value of a foreign bank account, the Treasury’s Financial Management Service (still called so even though Financial Management Service was consolidated into the Bureau of the Fiscal Service within the Treasury Department) rates must be used. In particular, the 2014 FBAR currency conversion rates instructions state:

In the case of non-United States currency, convert the maximum account value for each account into United States dollars. Convert foreign currency by using the Treasury’s Financial Management Service rate (this rate may be found at www.fms.treas.gov) from the last day of the calendar year. If no Treasury Financial Management Service rate is available, use another verifiable exchange rate and provide the source of that rate. In valuing currency of a country that uses multiple exchange rates, use the rate that would apply if the currency in the account were converted into United States dollars on the last day of the calendar year.

The 2014 FBAR Currency Conversion rates are highly important for any international tax attorney who deals with FBARs.  For your convenience, Sherayzen Law Office provides a table of the official Treasury FBAR currency conversion rates below (keep in mind, you still need to refer to the official website for any updates):

Country – Currency Foreign Currency to $1.00
AFGHANISTAN – AFGHANI 57.9000
ALBANIA – LEK 115.1000
ALGERIA – DINAR 87.8100
ANGOLA – KWANZA 104.0000
ANTIGUA – BARBUDA – E. CARIBBEAN DOLLAR 2.7000
ARGENTINA-PESO 8.3730
ARMENIA – DRAM 470.0000
AUSTRALIA – DOLLAR 1.2190
AUSTRIA – EURO 0.8220
AZERBAIJAN – NEW MANAT 0.8000
BAHAMAS – DOLLAR 1.0000
BAHRAIN – DINAR 0.3770
BANGLADESH – TAKA 79.0000
BARBADOS – DOLLAR 2.0200
BELARUS – RUBLE 13779.0000
BELGIUM-EURO 0.8220
BELIZE – DOLLAR 2.0000
BENIN – CFA FRANC 538.7000
BERMUDA – DOLLAR 1.0000
BOLIVIA – BOLIVIANO 6.8600
BOSNIA-HERCEGOVINA MARKA 1.6080
BOTSWANA – PULA 9.4970
BRAZIL – REAL 2.6570
BRUNEI – DOLLAR 1.2540
BULGARIA – LEV 1.6090
BURKINA FASO – CFA FRANC 538.7000
BURMA – KYAT 1028.0000
BURUNDI – FRANC 1550.0000
CAMBODIA (KHMER) – RIEL 4103.0000
CAMEROON – CFA FRANC 538.8200
CANADA – DOLLAR 1.1580
CAPE VERDE – ESCUDO 87.8710
CAYMAN ISLANDS – DOLLAR 0.8200
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC – CFA FRANC 538.8200
CHAD – CFA FRANC 538.8200
CHILE – PESO 607.1600
CHINA – RENMINBI 6.2050
COLOMBIA – PESO 2372.6000
COMOROS – FRANC 361.3500
CONGO – CFA FRANC 538.8200
CONGO, DEM. REP – CONGOLESE FRANC 920.0000
COSTA RICA – COLON 533.2500
COTE D’IVOIRE – CFA FRANC 538.7000
CROATIA – KUNA 6.1500
CUBA-PESO 1.0000
CYPRUS-EURO 0.8220
CZECH – KORUNA 22.3260
DENMARK – KRONE 6.1240
DJIBOUTI – FRANC 177.0000
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC – PESO 44.1300
ECAUDOR-DOLARES 1.0000
EGYPT – POUND 7.1500
EL SALVADOR-DOLARES 1.0000
EQUATORIAL GUINEA – CFA FRANC 538.8200
ERITREA – NAKFA 15.0000
ESTONIA-EURO 0.8220
ETHIOPIA – BIRR 20.0900
EURO ZONE – EURO 0.82200
FIJI – DOLLAR 1.9580
FINLAND-EURO 0.8220
FRANCE-EURO 0.8220
GABON – CFA FRANC 538.8200
GAMBIA – DALASI 45.0000
GEORGIA-LARI 1.8700
GERMANY FRG-EURO 0.8220
GHANA – CEDI 3.2100
GREECE-EURO 0.8220
GRENADA – EAST CARIBBEAN DOLLAR 2.7000
GUATEMALA – QUENTZAL 7.5970
GUINEA – FRANC 7136.0000
GUINEA BISSAU – CFA FRANC 538.7000
GUYANA – DOLLAR 202.0000
HAITI – GOURDE 46.7500
HONDURAS – LEMPIRA 21.2700
HONG KONG – DOLLAR 7.7560
HUNGARY – FORINT 259.4400
ICELAND – KRONA 126.7500
INDIA – RUPEE 63.2000
INDONESIA – RUPIAH 12350.0000
IRAN – RIAL 8229.0000
IRAQ – DINAR 1166.0000
IRELAND-EURO 0.8220
ISRAEL-SHEKEL 3.8810
ITALY-EURO 0.8220
JAMAICA – DOLLAR 113.9000
JAPAN – YEN 119.4500
JERUSALEM-SHEKEL 3.8810
JORDAN – DINAR 0.7080
KAZAKHSTAN – TENGE 182.4000
KENYA – SHILLING 90.6500
KOREA – WON 1086.8700
KUWAIT – DINAR 0.2930
KYRGYZSTAN – SOM 58.7000
LAOS – KIP 8078.0000
LATVIA – LATS 0.8220
LEBANON – POUND 1500.0000
LESOTHO – SOUTH AFRICAN RAND 11.5660
LIBERIA – U.S. DOLLAR 82.0000
LIBYA-DINAR 1.1950
LITHUANIA – LITAS 2.8390
LUXEMBOURG-EURO 0.8220
MACAO – MOP 8.0000
MACEDONIA FYROM – DENAR 49.2000
MADAGASCAR-ARIA 2596.7300
MALAWI – KWACHA 505.0000
MALAYSIA – RINGGIT 3.4950
MALI – CFA FRANC 538.7000
MALTA-EURO 0.8220
MARSHALLS ISLANDS – DOLLAR 1.0000
MARTINIQUE-EURO 0.82200
MAURITANIA – OUGUIYA 305.0000
MAURITIUS – RUPEE 31.7000
MEXICO – NEW PESO 14.7020
MICRONESIA – DOLLAR 1.0000
MOLDOVA – LEU 15.5520
MONGOLIA – TUGRIK 1885.6000
MONTENEGRO-EURO 0.8220
MOROCCO – DIRHAM 9.0240
MOZAMBIQUE – METICAL 33.0500
NAMIBIA-DOLLAR 11.5660
NEPAL – RUPEE 101.4000
NETHERLANDS-EURO 0.8220
NETHERLANDS ANTILLES – GUILDER 1.7800
NEW ZEALAND – DOLLAR 1.2750
NICARAGUA – CORDOBA 26.6000
NIGER – CFA FRANC 538.7000
NIGERIA – NAIRA 182.9000
NORWAY – KRONE 7.3900
OMAN – RIAL 0.3850
PAKISTAN – RUPEE 100.9000
PALAU-DOLLAR 1.0000
PANAMA – BALBOA 1.0000
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – KINA 2.5440
PARAGUAY – GUARANI 4629.3000
PERU – NUEVO SOL 2.9000
PHILIPPINES – PESO 44.77500
POLAND – ZLOTY 3.5130
PORTUGAL-EURO 0.8220
QATAR – RIYAL 3.6420
ROMANIA – LEU 3.6850
RUSSIA – RUBLE 58.6760
RWANDA – FRANC 689.1900
SAO TOME & PRINCIPE – DOBRAS 20087.7110
SAUDI ARABIA – RIYAL 3.7500
SENEGAL – CFA FRANC 538.7000
SERBIA-DINAR 99.4600
SEYCHELLES – RUPEE 12.9800
SIERRA LEONE – LEONE 4990.0000
SINGAPORE – DOLLAR 1.3210
SLOVAK REPUBLIC – EURO 0.8220
SLOVENIA – EURO 0.8220
SOLOMON ISLANDS – DOLLAR 7.3100
SOUTH AFRICA – RAND 11.5660
SOUTH SUDANESE – POUND 3.0000
SPAIN – EURO 0.8220
SRI LANKA – RUPEE 131.1500
ST LUCIA – EC DOLLAR 2.7000
SUDAN – SUDANESE POUND 6.4000
SURINAME – GUILDER 3.3500
SWAZILAND – LILANGENI 11.5660
SWEDEN – KRONA 7.7130
SWITZERLAND – FRANC 0.9890
SYRIA – POUND 179.2000
TAIWAN – DOLLAR 31.6400
TAJIKISTAN – SOMONI 5.3000
TANZANIA – SHILLING 1730.0000
THAILAND – BAHT 32.9200
TIMOR – LESTE DILI 1.0000
TOGO – CFA FRANC 538.7000
TONGA – PA’ANGA 1.8700
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO – DOLLAR 6.3560
TUNISIA – DINAR 1.8590
TURKEY – LIRA 2.3270
TURKMENISTAN – MANAT 2.8400
UGANDA – SHILLING 2770.0000
UKRAINE – HRYVNIA 15.7680
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – DIRHAM 3.6700
UNITED KINGDOM – POUND STERLING 0.6420
URUGUAY – PESO 23.9600
UZBEKISTAN – SOM 2461.0000
VANUATU – VATU 99.9300
VENEZUELA – BOLIVAR 6.3000
VIETNAM – DONG 21400.0000
WESTERN SAMOA – TALA 2.3530
YEMEN – RIAL 214.5000
ZAMBIA – KWACHA (NEW) 6.3750
ZAMBIA – KWACHA (OLD) 5455.0000
ZIMBABWE – DOLLAR 1.0000

1. Lesotho’s loti is pegged to South African Rand 1:1 basis
2. Macao is also spelled Macau: currency is Macanese pataka
3. Macedonia: due to the conflict over name with Greece, the official name if FYROM – former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
4. Latvia’s Lats converted to the Euro on January 1, 2014. This means that the Euro 2014 FBAR Currency Conversion rate may also need to used for the determination of the highest balance of accounts in Latvia. Contact Sherayzen Law Office for more details.

Official Treasury Currency Conversion Rates of December 31, 2013 – 2013 FBAR Conversion Rates

Every year, the U.S. Department of Treasure publishes its official currency conversion rates (they are called “Treasury’s Financial Management Service rates”); I will refer to the “FBAR Conversion Rates”. Recently, the Treasury Department published the FBAR Conversion rates for December 31, 2013. While there are other good reasons for the existence of these rates, the 2013 FBAR Conversion Rates are especially important for persons who are required to file the FBARs.

The latest (October 2013) FBAR instructions require the use of Treasury’s Financial Management Service rates, if available, to determine the maximum value of a foreign bank account. In particular, the FBAR instructions state:

In the case of non-United States currency, convert the maximum account value for each account into United States dollars. Convert foreign currency by using the Treasury’s Financial Management Service rate (this rate may be found at www.fms.treas.gov) from the last day of the calendar year. If no Treasury Financial Management Service rate is available, use another verifiable exchange rate and provide the source of that rate. In valuing currency of a country that uses multiple exchange rates, use the rate that would apply if the currency in the account were converted into United States dollars on the last day of the calendar year.

For this reason, the international tax attorneys take their time to compile these rates with all updates. For your convenience, Sherayzen Law Office provides a table of the official  2013 FBAR Conversion Rates below (keep in mind, you still need to refer to the official website for any updates).

Country – Currency

Foreign Currency to $1.00

AFGHANISTAN – AFGHANI

56.0000

ALBANIA – LEK

101.7000

ALGERIA – DINAR

78.0250

ANGOLA – KWANZA

95.0000

ANTIGUA – BARBUDA – E. CARIBBEAN DOLLAR

2.7000

ARGENTINA – PESO

6.5180

ARMENIA – DRAM

404.0000

AUSTRALIA – DOLLAR

1.1200

AUSTRIA – EURO

0.7260

AZERBAIJAN – NEW MANAT

0.8000

BAHAMAS – DOLLAR

1.0000

BAHRAIN – DINAR

0.3770

BANGLADESH – TAKA

79.0000

BARBADOS – DOLLAR

2.0200

BELARUS – RUBLE

9510.0000

BELGIUM – EURO

0.7260

BELIZE – DOLLAR

2.0000

BENIN – CFA FRANC

475.0000

BERMUDA – DOLLAR

1.0000

BOLIVIA – BOLIVIANO

6.8600

BOSNIA-HERCEGOVINA MARKA

1.4210

BOTSWANA – PULA

8.7490

BRAZIL – REAL

2.3620

BRUNEI – DOLLAR

1.2540

BULGARIA – LEV

1.4210

BURKINA FASO – CFA FRANC

475.0000

BURMA – KYAT

980.0000

BURUNDI – FRANC

1540.0000

CAMBODIA (KHMER) – RIEL

4103.0000

CAMEROON – CFA FRANC

476.5400

CANADA – DOLLAR

1.0640

CAPE VERDE – ESCUDO

80.3030

CAYMAN ISLANDS – DOLLAR

0.8200

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC – CFA FRANC

475.0000

CHAD – CFA FRANC

476.5400

CHILE – PESO

525.3200

CHINA – RENMINBI

6.0540

COLOMBIA – PESO

1924.9800

COMOROS – FRANC

361.3500

CONGO – CFA FRANC

475.0000

CONGO, DEM. REP – CONGOLESE FRANC

920.0000

COSTA RICA – COLON

495.2000

COTE D’IVOIRE – CFA FRANC

475.0000

CROATIA – KUNA

5.4600

CUBA-PESO

1.0000

CYPRUS – EURO

0.7260

CZECH – KORUNA

19.4570

DENMARK – KRONE

5.4190

DJIBOUTI – FRANC

177.0000

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC – PESO

42.6500

ECAUDOR – DOLARES

1.0000

EGYPT – POUND

6.9480

EL SALVADOR – DOLARES

1.0000

EQUATORIAL GUINEA – CFA FRANC

476.5400

ERITREA – NAKFA

15.0000

ESTONIA – EURO

0.7260

ETHIOPIA – BIRR

19.0600

EURO ZONE – EURO

0.7260

FIJI – DOLLAR

1.8640

FINLAND-EURO

0.7260

FRANCE-EURO

0.7260

GABON – CFA FRANC

476.5400

GAMBIA – DALASI

39.0000

GEORGIA – LARI

1.7400

GERMANY FRG – EURO

0.7260

GHANA – CEDI

2.3500

GREECE – EURO

0.7260

GRENADA – EAST CARIBBEAN DOLLAR

2.7000

GUATEMALA – QUENTZAL

7.8410

GUINEA – FRANC

7006.0000

GUINEA BISSAU – CFA FRANC

475.0000

GUYANA – DOLLAR

202.0000

HAITI – GOURDE

43.5500

HONDURAS – LEMPIRA

20.4200

HONG KONG – DOLLAR

7.7530

HUNGARY – FORINT

215.7300

ICELAND – KRONA

115.0300

INDIA – RUPEE

61.5000

INDONESIA – RUPIAH

12100.0000

IRAN – RIAL

8229.0000

IRAQ – DINAR

1166.0000

IRELAND-EURO

0.7260

ISRAEL-SHEKEL

3.4690

ITALY-EURO

0.7260

JAMAICA – DOLLAR

104.0000

JAPAN – YEN

105.0100

JERUSALEM-SHEKEL

3.4690

JORDAN – DINAR

0.7080

KAZAKHSTAN – TENGE

153.6000

KENYA – SHILLING

86.4000

KOREA – WON

1055.2500

KUWAIT – DINAR

0.2820

KYRGYZSTAN – SOM

49.4000

LAOS – KIP

8006.0000

LATVIA – LATS

0.5080

LEBANON – POUND

1500.0000

LESOTHO – SOUTH AFRICAN RAND

10.4800

LIBERIA – U.S. DOLLAR

79.0100

LIBYA-DINAR

1.2290

LITHUANIA – LITAS

2.5080

LUXEMBOURG-EURO

0.7260

MACAO – MOP

8.0000

MACEDONIA FYROM – DENAR

>43.4000

MADAGASCAR-ARIA

2236.0100

MALAWI – KWACHA

448.0000

MALAYSIA – RINGGIT

3.2770

MALI – CFA FRANC

475.0000

MALTA-EURO

0.7260

MARSHALLS ISLANDS – DOLLAR

1.0000

MARTINIQUE-EURO

0.7260

MAURITANIA – OUGUIYA

295.0000

MAURITIUS – RUPEE

29.9500

MEXICO – NEW PESO

13.0890

MICRONESIA – DOLLAR

1.0000

MOLDOVA – LEU

12.8950

MONGOLIA – TUGRIK

1654.1000

MONTENEGRO-EURO

0.7260

MOROCCO – DIRHAM

8.1470

MOZAMBIQUE – METICAL

29.8000

NAMIBIA – DOLLAR

10.4800

NEPAL – RUPEE

98.8000

NETHERLANDS – EURO

0.7260

NETHERLANDS ANTILLES – GUILDER

1.7800

NEW ZEALAND – DOLLAR

1.2160

NICARAGUA – CORDOBA

25.3300

NIGER – CFA FRANC

475.0000

NIGERIA – NAIRA

159.7000

NORWAY – KRONE

6.0830

OMAN – RIAL

0.3850

PAKISTAN – RUPEE

105.1600

PALAU-DOLLAR

1.0000

PANAMA – BALBOA

1.0000

PAPUA NEW GUINEA – KINA

2.3530

PARAGUAY – GUARANI

4585.4400

PERU – NUEVO SOL

2.7900

PHILIPPINES – PESO

44.3800

POLAND – ZLOTY

3.0140

PORTUGAL-EURO

0.7260

QATAR – RIYAL

3.6410

ROMANIA – LEU

3.2500

RUSSIA – RUBLE

32.8640

RWANDA – FRANC

665.6900

SAO TOME & PRINCIPE – DOBRAS

17736.4360

SAUDI ARABIA – RIYAL

3.7500

SENEGAL – CFA FRANC

475.0000

SERBIA-DINAR

83.1300

SEYCHELLES – RUPEE

11.9420

SIERRA LEONE – LEONE

4340.0000

SINGAPORE – DOLLAR

1.2630

SLOVAK REPUBLIC – EURO

0.7260

SLOVENIA – EURO

0.7260

SOLOMON ISLANDS – DOLLAR

7.0320

SOUTH AFRICA – RAND

10.4800

SOUTH SUDANESE – POUND

3.0000

SPAIN – EURO

0.7260

SRI LANKA – RUPEE

130.7500

ST LUCIA – EC DOLLAR

2.7000

SUDAN – SUDANESE POUND

6.1000

SURINAME – GUILDER

3.3500

SWAZILAND – LILANGENI

10.4800

SWEDEN – KRONA

6.4140

SWITZERLAND – FRANC

0.8910

SYRIA – POUND

141.3700

TAIWAN – DOLLAR

29.8150

TAJIKISTAN – SOMONI

4.7700

TANZANIA – SHILLING

1585.0000

THAILAND – BAHT

32.7400

TIMOR – LESTE DILI

1.0000

TOGO – CFA FRANC

475.0000

TONGA – PA’ANGA

1.7420

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO – DOLLAR

6.3800

TUNISIA – DINAR

1.6430

TURKEY – LIRA

2.1360

TURKMENISTAN – MANAT

2.8430

UGANDA – SHILLING

2520.0000

UKRAINE – HRYVNIA

8.2300

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – DIRHAM

3.6730

UNITED KINGDOM – POUND STERLING

0.6050

URUGUAY – PESO

21.1000

UZBEKISTAN – SOM

2237.0000

VANUATU – VATU

95.3600

VENEZUELA – BOLIVAR

6.3000

VIETNAM – DONG

21100.0000

WESTERN SAMOA – TALA

2.2590

YEMEN – RIAL

214.5000

ZAMBIA – NEW KWACHA

5.5000

ZAMBIA – KWACHA

5455.0000

ZIMBABWE – DOLLAR

1.0000