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IRS Shares Taxpayer Financial Information on Undisclosed Bank Accounts

Offshore Account Update

Posted in on August 13, 2011

In an effort to promote full disclosures and tax compliance, the Internal Revenue Service has been sharing personal and financial U.S. taxpayer information with other foreign countries.  The exchange of such information could further provide U.S. agencies with sufficient evidence to open criminal investigations against U.S. taxpayers with undisclosed offshore banks accounts.

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Swiss Banks to Provide U.S. with Client Information on Undisclosed Accounts

Offshore Account Update, UBS / HSBC

Posted in on August 13, 2011

European banks are ready to pay billions to the United States, as well as disclose U.S. clients’ names to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Department of Justice (DOJ). Switzerland has been known as one of the largest tax havens in the world and wishes to continue its long-practiced tradition of tax secrecy and has allegedly agreed to divulge information requested by U.S. agencies, including U.S. taxpayer information.

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HSBC: One of the Eight Under Grand Jury Investigation?

Offshore Account Update, UBS / HSBC

Posted in on August 12, 2011

On Wednesday, September 28, 2011, U.S. authorities charged another India-American, Arvind Ahuja, for evading taxes through the HSBC India branch. These findings have heightened the pressure on HSBC, fueling the fire for the U.S. to build a strong case against the bank and it’s U.S. clients with undisclosed foreign accounts.

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DOJ Reveals: Eight Offshore Banks Under Grand Jury Investigation

Offshore Account Update

Posted in on August 11, 2011

Grand Jury investigations are generally kept secret, but it has become clear that the Department Of Justice (“DOJ”) has eight more offshore banks now under formal grand jury investigations. The DOJ has not provided the public with the names of the alleged banks but it has been rumored that the agency has strong evidence against the banks in regards to conduct and/or information concerning taxpayers with undisclosed offshore accounts.  

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IRS Amnesty Ends!

Offshore Account Update

Posted in on August 10, 2011

Even thought the deadline for the IRS’s 2011 Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Initiative has concluded, U.S. taxpayers with undisclosed offshore accounts still have the opportunity to come forward through the IRS’s traditional Voluntary Disclosure Program.

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