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If the combined balance of your foreign accounts exceeded $10,000 at any time during the year, you generally must file an FBAR. We prepare current FBARs, review prior years, and choose the safest way to come into compliance.
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A US person, including citizens, green card holders and most residents on visas, must file FinCEN Form 114 if the aggregate maximum value of foreign financial accounts exceeded $10,000 at any time in the calendar year. Bank accounts, NRE and NRO accounts, fixed deposits, brokerage accounts, mutual funds, some pension and insurance accounts, and accounts you only have signature authority over can all count.
The FBAR is filed electronically with FinCEN, separately from the tax return. It is due April 15, with an automatic extension to October 15. Foreign income from these accounts must also be reported on the tax return, and larger balances may require Form 8938 as well.
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The Supreme Court held that the non-willful FBAR penalty applies per report, not per account, which sharply limits non-willful penalties.
A couple's failure to report Swiss accounts was found willful, including reckless disregard, and penalties up to 50% of the balance were upheld.
Willful violations can cost the greater of an inflation-adjusted amount or 50% of the account balance per year.
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Yes, if the combined maximum value of all your foreign accounts exceeded $10,000 at any point in the year. NRE accounts count even though interest on them is tax-free in India; that interest is taxable in the US.
If all income was reported, the delinquent FBAR procedures may let you file late with no penalty. If income was missed, the Streamlined procedures are often the best path. Which one fits depends on your facts.
No. It is filed electronically with FinCEN. Your tax return separately asks whether you have foreign accounts.
Use the maximum value during the year, converted at the Treasury year-end exchange rate.
Latest updates
FinCEN issued a final rule revising BOI reporting. Business owners should confirm whether their entities still have a filing obligation.
Source: Federal Register
The IRS took down the page that described penalty relief for late FBARs when all income had been reported. Get advice on reasonable cause or the Streamlined procedures before filing late FBARs.
Source: EY Tax News
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