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What is an FBAR Investigation and How Does it Work (2025)

Contents1 FBAR Investigations2 FBAR Compliance3 Investigations into FBAR Non-Compliance4 Common FBAR Traps5 FBAR Penalties6 FBAR Litigation7 Late Filing Penalties May […]
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Closing Undisclosed Foreign Account Can Make Matters Worse

Contents1 Do I Close or Report Noncompliant Offshore Bank Accounts to IRS?2 FATCA Banks/Brokerages May Have Already Reported You3 Reverse […]
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A Complete FBAR Quiet Disclosure Guide, Rules & Risks 2025

Contents1 FBAR Quiet Disclosure2 Research and Rabbit Holes3 10 Quiet or Silent Disclosure Risks4 Quiet Disclosure is Illegal5 The Penalties […]
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Decoding the Foreign Asset Disclosure Process in 2025, An Intro

Contents1 How to Decode the Foreign Asset Disclosure Process 2 Foreign Bank Accounts3 Foreign Stock Accounts and Individually Held Stock4 Foreign […]
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What are the Late FBAR Filing Rules, How to Comply

  Contents1 FBAR Late Filing Penalty2 First, Non-Willful vs Willful Penalties3 Criminal FBAR Penalties are Rare4 Failure to File (Non-Willful)5 […]
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(Almost) Everything About FBAR You Need for Foreign Filing

Contents1 Is FinCEN Form 114 the Same as FBAR?2 Who is a U.S. Person Individual for FBAR Purposes?3 What Is […]
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IRS Streamlined Domestic Offshore Procedures 2025 (SDOP)

  Contents1 Streamlined Domestic Offshore Procedures2 Non-Willfulness Requirement3 Taxpayer is Not Under Audit or Already Penalized4 Previously Timely Filed U.S […]
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IRS Streamlined Foreign Offshore Procedures 2025 (SFOP)

  Contents1 Streamlined Foreign Offshore Procedures 2 Non-Willfulness Requirement3 Taxpayer is Not Under Audit or Already Penalized4 Foreign Resident 330-Day Rule […]
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New (2025) Streamlined Filing Compliance Procedures for FBAR

  Contents1 Streamlined Filing Compliance Procedures2 Non-Willfulness Requirement3 Taxpayer is Not Under Audit or Already Penalized4 Domestic Streamlined Filing Requirements5 […]
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What are Delinquent FBAR Procedures and How to Submit

Contents1 Delinquent FBAR Submission Procedures Explained (Examples)2 How to Qualify for the Delinquent FBAR Submission Procedures3 Important Tip: Not Required […]
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How Should You File Late FBARs if You Missed the Deadline?

Contents1 Missed the Deadline for Filing FBAR?2 First, Taxpayers Must be Non-Willful to Qualify for These Programs3 Streamlined Offshore Procedures […]
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How Tax Pros & Clients Find Themselves in FBAR Trouble

Contents1 How Tax Pros & Clients Find Themselves in FBAR Trouble2 First, Taxpayers and Tax Professionals Can Both Get into […]
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How to File FBAR: A Guide to Requirements and Deadlines

  Contents1 FBAR Filing 2024/20252 First, a Quick FBAR Intro3 Bank Accounts4 Pooled Funds (Account vs No Account)5 Foreign Life […]
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What’s New with FBAR: Who Must File, When, How and Why

Contents1 What’s New with FBAR?2 First, a Quick FBAR Intro3 Bank Accounts4 Pooled Funds (Account vs No Account)5 Foreign Life […]
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New Foreign Income & Asset Reporting Penalty Examples 2025

Contents1 Foreign Asset Tax & Reporting Compliance 2 Pre-IRS Foreign Penalty Assessment3 FBAR Penalty Assessment4 IRS International Reasonable Cause Penalty Abatement5 […]
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OVDP or FBAR Streamlined: Which Offshore Program is Best?

Contents1 OVDP or Streamlined2 First, What is OVDP/VDP3 Willfulness and OVDP/VDP4 Streamlined Procedure Non-Willfulness Requirement5 Taxpayer is Not Under Audit […]
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2024 Deadline for FBAR is Coming Soon, When is FBAR Due?

Contents1 FBAR Filing Requirements & the IRS2 Who Has to File an FBAR?3 What is Reported on the FBAR?4 When […]
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Explaining FBAR Basics in Under 10 Minutes, FBAR Fundamentals

  Contents1 Explaining FBAR Basics in Under 10 Minutes2 Who is a US Person for FBAR Purposes?3 What Is a […]
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Primer on Schedule B, Foreign Accounts and Willful/Non-Willful

Contents1 Understanding Schedule B and Foreign Accounts2 What is Schedule B for Form 1040?3 Part III Foreign Accounts and Trusts4 […]
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Who Should Not Make an IRS Streamlined FBAR Disclosure?

Contents1 Who Should Not Make an IRS Streamlined FBAR Disclosure?2 Taxpayer is Willful3 Taxpayer Did Not File Original Tax Returns […]
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Do You File FBAR for Foreign Retirement Plans, 4 Examples

Contents1 Do I File FBAR for My Overseas Retirement Plans?2 First, Employment Retirement vs Personal Retirement3 Treaty vs Non-Treaty4 Form […]
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