What is a seriously delinquent tax debt?
IRS CP508C Notice certifies your tax debt as a seriously delinquent federal tax debt revoking passport issuance. There are strategies to avoid the Notice.Exceptions
There are numerous exclusions from the definition of a “seriously delinquent tax debt.”Decertify or Reverse
Learn the circumstances where the IRS will decertify or reverse a seriously delinquent tax debt certification and issue a passport.Frequently Asked Questions
Our most common questions and answers from our clients with IRS revoked passport problems.Meet Mr. Patel
Mr. Patel’s expertise is in all stages of tax controversies including international tax
law, foreign bank account
Mr. Patel is a graduate of Georgetown (J.D.) and New York University (LL.M tax) law schools, which are the top 2 tax law schools in the United States. Mr. Patel is a Board Certified Tax Law Attorney, Board Certified Estate Planning Law Specialist, Board Certified Elder Law Attorney, and frequent speaker on legal issues affecting tax, offshore tax planning, and estate planning.
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The FinCEN Files Leak
The FinCEN Files are leaked documents from the US Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), that have been globally earlier published this week. FinCEN is an agency US Treasury that collects and analyses forms to combat money laundering, terrorism financing, evasion of economic sanctions and other financial crimes. The FinCEN Files imp…
Caution: Increased FBAR Enforcement
The last month or so has unfortunately seen a lot of FBAR enforcement court rulings against US taxpayers and in favor of the government. The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) of the Department of the Treasury can levy high penalties for each year that a timely Form FinCEN 114…
Post-Covid: Re-explore the Home Office deduction
In a recent notice last week, the Internal Revenue Service reminded individuals to consider taking the home office deduction if they qualify. The benefit may allow taxpayers newly working from home to deduct certain expenses on their tax return. In light of exponentially more taxpayers working from home almost exclusivel…
Tax Changes Due to the Election
Many Tax Changes Expected At the time of this writing, the political conventions are over, and Joe Biden has a double-digit lead in some polls. A number of Senate seats may turn blue as well, and this could give the Democrats a majority in Congress. If all that was to c…
Common Problems Solved
Streamlined Domestic Offshore Procedures (SDOP)
The Streamlined
Domestic Offshore Procedures is one of the two popular programs available
under the IRS
Streamlined Filing Compliance Procedures. It is for U.S. Resident Taxpayers
who originally filed income tax returns, but were non-willful
in not reporting foreign accoun
Streamlined Foreign Offshore Procedures (SFOP)
The Streamlined
Foreign Offshore Procedures is one of the two popular programs available
under the IRS
Streamlined Filing Compliance Procedures. Applicants need not have
filed original tax returns, but they must be non-willful
in not reporting foreign accoun
Delinquent International Informational Return Submission Procedures (DIIRSP)
The DIIRSP is one of the four methods for taxpayers with unreported offshore accounts to become compliant. Taxpayers who have failed to file certain international-related information returns including Forms 5471, 8938, 3520, 8865, 926, 5472, an 8858 can use the DIIRSP to cure the non-compliance. No penalties are applied if there is reasonable cause for the failure to file the information form and the IRS agrees. Reasonable Cause is a fact specific submission, which is based on each applicant's facts and circumstances.
Delinquent FBAR Submission Procedure (DFSP)
The FBAR is the FinCEN
Form 114, which is commonly misunderstood.
A delinquent or late FBAR is subject to very
high
penalties. The DFSP is one of the four methods for taxpayers with unreported
offshore accounts to become compliant. Taxpayers who have failed to an FBAR can
use the DFSP to
cure the non-compliance. While there is no DFSP penalty the DFSP has complex rigid
eligibility requirements. Our legal team mitigates foreign accoun
Form 8938 Penalties
A delinquent or late Form
8938 Statement of Foreign Financial Assets is subject to many common
mistakes and high penalties.
Our legal team cures many common Form 893
Form 5471 Penalties
U.S. owners and investors of certain foreign corporations must file a Form 5471, otherwise there are very high Form 5471 Penalties. Form 5471 is a complex form with many common mistakes. because of the expansive disclosure of corporation's assets, liabilities and equity. Our legal team can help you fix late or unfiled Form 5471 errors.