Tax Amnesty Archives - Christopher J. Byrne PLLC

Whistleblowers and The Global Reach of The IRS and NYS.

Recent headlines and articles in the financial press have been rich with inflammatory buzz words referencing “whistleblower payouts”, “indictments for tax evasion”, “state & local tax enforcement”, renewed threats of…

March 4, 2021

Compliance Issues FATCA Internal Revenue Code Internal Revenue Service OVDI Streamlined Streamlined Procedure Tax Amnesty Tax Compliance

Whistleblowers and § 6103(n)

On December 20, 2006, the Tax Relief and Health Care Act (the “Act”) was enacted. The Act amended Internal Revenue Code § 7632 and established a Whistleblower Office in the…

October 27, 2016

Compliance Issues OVDI Streamlined Procedure Tax Amnesty Tax Compliance

Panama Papers: Exposure for International Citizens

The Panama Papers, a massive trove of leaked documents from the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca & Co., exposed evidence of the firm creating hundreds of thousands of shell companies…

July 29, 2016

Compliance Issues OVDI Streamlined Procedure Tax Amnesty Tax Compliance

Panama Papers: Department of Justice Continues Investigation on U.S. Citizens

In early May, a massive leak of documents from the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca & Co. known as the Panama Papers showed evidence of the firm creating hundreds of…

July 29, 2016

Compliance Issues OVDI Streamlined Procedure Tax Amnesty Tax Compliance

Panama Papers: Department of Justice Investigates Mossack Fonseca Employees

Documents, known as the Panama Papers, from the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca & Co., showed evidence of the firm creating hundreds of thousands of shell companies and offshore accounts…

July 29, 2016

Compliance Issues Tax Amnesty Tax Compliance

The White House Speaks on Panama Papers

Following a leak in April of the so-called “Panama Papers,” documents evidencing assets being hidden by shell companies owned by some of the world’s most powerful and influential leaders and…

May 6, 2016

Compliance Issues Tax Amnesty Tax Compliance

Panama Papers Reveal Hidden Assets of Worldwide Elite

Dubbed the “Panama Papers,” an extensive 11 million document trove from Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca was leaked to Süddeutsche Zeitung, Germany’s largest national subscription newspaper; it has been analyzed…

April 25, 2016

Compliance Issues Foreign Tax Preparation Internal Revenue Service Tax Amnesty Tax Compliance

Justice Department and IRS Continue to Crackdown on Switzerland, Expand Investigation into Belize

The U.S. Justice Department recently projected that it would collect more than $1.36 billion from 80 Swiss banks and other Swiss financial firms that encouraged U.S. taxpayers to hide money…

March 25, 2016

International Taxation OVDI Tax Amnesty

Tax Evaders Come Clean in Germany

In 2014, Uli Hoeness, a celebrity soccer manager in Germany, was sentenced to three and a half years in prison for evading € 28.3 million in taxes. The case was…

February 8, 2016

FATCA OVDI Streamlined Procedure Tax Amnesty

More Banks Added to IRS’ Disclosure Blacklist

The IRS maintains a list of Foreign Financial Institutions or Facilitators, essentially a blacklist of institutions which have been determined to be complicit in evasion of U.S. taxes. While taxpayers…

January 28, 2016

Streamlined Procedure

Eligibility for Streamlined Foreign Offshore Procedure

The Streamlined Foreign Offshore Procedure allows an individual who has U.S. tax filing obligations but is not residing in the U.S. to come into compliance with their filing obligations for…

January 5, 2016

Foreign Tax Preparation OVDI

IRS Issues New Rules for Offshore Voluntary Disclosure

The IRS has announced (IR-2014-73) changes to its offshore voluntary compliance programs. These changes provide new options for taxpayers residing overseas and in the United States come into compliance their…

July 3, 2014

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