Form 8938 refers to the Statement of Specified Foreign Financial Assets while FinCEN Form 114 refers to an FBAR or Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts. U.S. taxpayers that own foreign assets need to distinguish the requirements related to…
Form 8938 refers to the Statement of Specified Foreign Financial Assets while FinCEN Form 114 refers to an FBAR or Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts. U.S. taxpayers that own foreign assets need to distinguish the requirements related to…
In March, 2010, FATCA , or The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, was enacted by Congress to remedy a perceived growing problem with foreign banks facilitating and encouraging U.S. taxpayers to conceal assets in their financial institutions. Seventy-nine countries have since…