Foreign Account Disclosed on Form 8938 But Not FinCEN Form 114 | FBAR Lawyer Beverly Hills

Hello and welcome to Sherayzen Law Office video blog; my name is Eugene Sherayzen and I’m an international tax attorney and owner of Sherayzen Law Office, Ltd.

Today, I’d like to talk to you about a situation where an account was disclosed on Form 8938 but it was not disclosed on FBAR or as it’s known by it’s official name, FinCEN Form 114.

Does your disclosure on Form 8938 replace the FBAR nondisclosure? That’s a question I often hear from taxpayers who come and talk to me. The answer is no; unfortunately, just because you disclosed an account on Form 8938, that does not in any way eliminate your obligation to report the same account on Form 114 or FBAR.

Will it help your case, that is, will it help your non-willfulness case? Yes, it will but you still have to file your FBARs; you still have to disclose on FBARs all of the foreign accounts that you are required to disclose; otherwise, you are on the hook for the penalties. They may be non-willful penalties, but it will depend on the particular facts and circumstances of your case.

If you would like to know more about your FBAR compliance, you can contact me at (952) 500-8159 or you can email me at [email protected].

Thank you for watching, until the next time.

Argentina: Escaping Inflation Through Investment in US Companies | US International Tax Attorney

Hello and welcome to Sherayzen Law Office video blog. My name is Eugene Sherayzen and I’m an international tax attorney and owner of Sherayzen Law Office, Ltd.

I’m in Buenos Aires, Argentina and this blog is part of a series of blogs from the city concerning how Argentinians battle inflation. How is it that they are able to escape the affects of inflation, at least those Argentinians that have the ability to do so?

In the previous blog, I discussed the transfer of funds to personal account to personal account, whether directly or indirectly. Today, I’d like to talk about a different type of transaction. A transaction that gives Argentinians an opportunity not only to transfer funds but also to invest them effectively, but at the same time, unlike the first transaction, this transaction brings them in direct contact with US international tax law. This is a transaction where Argentinians, using their Argentinian businesses invest in US businesses that are related to their Argentinian businesses.

One of the biggest businesses here in Argentina is of course beef, beef production and export. Some of the families here in Argentina have already started going about the process of using their exports to the United States as a way to also find a good return on their capital. Now, investing in US entities of course means that they become directly or indirectly US taxpayers with their numerous obligations. For example, let’s say that an Argentinian business aquires 50% of a US business. Since the foreign ownership is more than 25%, the corporation now has to file a Form 5472 to describe the transactions between the Argentinian business and their new US subsidiary. This is just one example. If a US business becomes a partnership because of this investment, then you also have to deal with the tax withholding issues as well as the potential obligation of the Argentinian business or the owners of the Argentinian business or Argentinian owners of the investment directly bypassing their Argentinian business to actually file returns here in the United States.

Investment in US businesses is a very powerful way to escape Argentinian inflation, but at the same time it is the one that carries higher risks, higher compliance risks as well as higher risk of being subject to US taxation.

If you would like to learn more about investing in US entities through a foreign business, you can call me at (952) 500-8159 or you can email me at [email protected]. Thank you for watching, until the next time.

Foreign Account Disclosed on FBAR but not Form 8938 | Los Angeles FBAR Lawyer California

Good afternoon and welcome to Sherayzen Law Office Video blog. My name is Eugene Sherayzen and I’m an international tax attorney and owner of Sherayzen Law Office, Ltd.

Today, I’m continuing a series of blogs from Beverly Hills, California.

I’d like to talk to you about the situation where a foreign account was disclosed on FBAR but not on Form 8938. Is that something a taxpayer should be concerned about? And the answer is ‘yes’. A disclosure of an account on FBAR does not replace the required Form 8938 disclosure. Just because you disclosed an asset on FBAR does not mean that you will automatically avoid a Form 8938 penalty.

What it means is that you have a stronger case for nonwillfulness. Depending on circumstances, you may have a case for reasonable cause; but you still have to take care of that Form 8938 noncompliance.

How to take care of that? It depends on your facts and circumstances. Once an attorney studies your facts, he will be able to determine the most proper way to voluntarily disclose your noncompliance thereby by limiting an potentially eliminating your exposure to Form 8938 penalties.

If you would like to learn more about Form 8938 compliance and what to do in case of Form 8938 noncompliance, you can call me at (952) 500-8159 or you can email me at [email protected]. Thank you for watching, until the next time.