The Three Most Important Things To Do When You Know You Owe Money To The IRS.

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IRS debts require immediate attention.  So keep these things in mind:

1.     Make sure you really owe the money

If you owe a lot more tax than you expected, find out why. Read your completed return carefully and look for errors. It’s easy to add the same income twice, or to forget an important deduction. Maybe the IRS does not apply all your prior payments. If you expected to qualify for a deduction or credit, and your tax return doesn’t show it, make sure you answered all the questions correctly. One missed question or checkbox can cause you to miss out on tax benefits you may be entitled to.

Another way to determine if something is amiss is to compare this year’s return to your tax return from last year. If your tax situation has not changed drastically, but your tax bill has, find out why.

Just because you received a letter from the IRS that you owe money, don’t automatically assume the IRS is correct. They make mistakes, too. And if you did not file a return, the one that IRS prepares for you will almost always shows a higher liability than if you filed your own return. While you can attempt to contact the IRS for clarification, it is difficult to reach a person who has the knowledge and experience AND THE TIME to understand your problem and work out a solution. Also, when you do finally get to speak with an agent, they are acting in the best interest of the IRS – NOT YOU.

Never should you seek any payment resolution on a liability that is erroneously more than what you really owe.

2.     Minimize penalties and interest

Large tax bills are worse when you pay penalties and interest on top of the original amount owed. You can minimize penalties and interest in three ways:

Exceptions to underpayment of tax penalties

If you underpaid your taxes this year, but you owed considerably less last year, you generally don’t pay a penalty for underpayment of tax if you paid or had withheld at least as much as you owed last year, and you pay by the due date this year. By looking at last year’s tax liability and other tax information, it can be determined if the safe harbor rule reduces your penalties and interest. You may also be able to reduce your penalties and interest using the annualized income method if you received more of your income in the latter part of the year.

Ask for an abatement of penalties

The IRS may reduce or remove penalties and interest on the penalties if a taxpayer writes a letter explaining the situation. But notice that the interest on the tax cannot be abated. In order to succeed, you must show “reasonable cause” which may be met where you had an unusual tax event, you made an honest mistake, or you or your spouse had a serious illness.

Pay as quickly as possible

If you owe tax that may be subject to penalties and interest, don’t wait until April 15th or if on extension October 15th to file your return. Send an estimated tax payment or file early and pay as much tax as you can.

3.     See if you qualify for an Offer In Compromise or alternatively ask for an installment plan

If you can’t pay the tax by the time it is due, don’t avoid the bill. It will only get worse.

The IRS must allow you to make payments on your overdue taxes if you owe $50,000 or less and you can show that you cannot pay the amount you owe now. In that situation you may qualify to pay off the tax in as long as six years. Of course, you must also agree to comply with the tax laws, and you or your spouse must not have had an installment agreement with the IRS in the past five years.

Because an installment plan does not allow for any discount of the amount owed and the balance will continue to accrue penalties and interest, serious consideration should be given to an Offer In Compromise (“OIC”).

You’ve probably heard ads for experts promising to help you settle your IRS bill for less than you owe. It’s true that the IRS will negotiate back taxes through an OIC.

However, you must plan on offering at least as much as your net worth – everything you own, reduced by your debts and valuation discounts. There are also other considerations involved including whether you are a wager earner or you own your own business. You should first seek advice from an expert who is knowledgeable and has the experience in working OIC cases with the IRS. Check their credentials to make sure they are reputable – that is always the best way to insure that you have someone who is established and accountable to their clients. Nowadays, it is so easy and quick to check somebody out on the internet or through any professional licensing boards (i.e. State Bar, CPA, etc.) they are subject to.

A consultation with the Law Offices Of Jeffrey B. Kahn, P.C. can help you determine what the best strategy is for you.

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How Does the IRS Find Out About Foreign Bank Accounts?

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The IRS has various ways to find out about international or overseas bank accounts.  The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (“FATCA”) which was passed by Congress in March 2010 requires foreign financial institutions to register with and report to the IRS certain information about their U.S. account holders.

The foreign financial institutions include, but are not limited to depositary institutions (e.g., banks), custodial institutions (e.g., mutual funds), investment entities (e.g., hedge funds or private equity funds) and certain types of insurance companies that have cash value products or annuities.

The foreign financial institutions are required to report information such as the identities of their U.S. account holders, the social security numbers of the U.S. account holders, the account numbers, account balances and income, such as interest and dividends earned on the foreign account.  If the foreign financial institutions do not register and agree to report, they face a 30% withholding tax on certain U.S.-source payments made to them.  With July 1, 2014 being the deadline under FATCA for compliance, virtually all foreign financial institutions have now established procedures to identify U.S. account holders and have each U.S. account holder sign a Form W-8 BEN or face closure of their account.

In addition, under the Bank Secrecy Act of 1970 financial institutions are required to report any deposit, withdrawal and transfer of $10,000 or more to the IRS.  These reporting requirements include international transactions and have been used as a basis to investigate taxpayers who have assets overseas.  So even if a U.S. taxpayer were to refuse to cooperate with the foreign financial institution and that bank were to close the account, the transfer of the funds out of that institution would be reported to IRS.

Another tool used by IRS is to get a Federal Court to issue “John Doe summonses” and have them served on financial institutions to investigate a foreign financial institution’s compliance in reporting U.S. account holders.  Unlike a normal summons which allows the IRS to find out information regarding a specific taxpayer whose identity the IRS knows, a John Doe summons allows the IRS to get the names of all taxpayers in a certain group.  In 2009, this very powerful tool allowed the IRS to get the names of many non-complying taxpayers in its investigation of Swiss banking giant UBS, eventually leading to UBS paying $780 million to settle the investigation.

Finally, the IRS has created a special unit to compare information they have received from the foreign financial institutions with what was reported to the IRS by each taxpayer on his or her present and past income tax returns.  You can bet that if you did not file FBAR’s or report your worldwide income, this group will pick up this discrepancy and have an audit or investigation started on you.

If you have never reported your foreign investments on your U.S. Tax Returns, you should seriously consider participating in the IRS’s Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Initiative (OVDI) which allows taxpayers to come forward to avoid criminal prosecution and not have to bear the full amount of penalties normally imposed by IRS.  Once the IRS contacts you, you cannot get into this program and would be subject to the maximum penalties (civil and criminal) under the tax law.  Taxpayers who hire an experienced tax attorney in Offshore Account Voluntary Disclosures should result in avoiding any pitfalls and gaining the maximum benefits conferred by this program.

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U.S. Taxpayer Reporting Requirements for Foreign Income Producing Real Estate

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U.S. taxpayers, who include U.S. Citizens or resident aliens, must report worldwide income from whatever source, subject to the same income tax filing requirements that apply to U.S. Citizens or resident aliens living in the U.S.  This worldwide income reporting requirement also applies to rental proceeds generated by real estate the taxpayer owns and rents in a foreign country.  A U.S. Taxpayer also must report on his or her U.S. Federal Income Tax Return the sale of real estate located in a foreign country.

A U.S. taxpayer that collects rental income from foreign real estate must report this income on Schedule E, Supplemental Income and Loss.  Schedule E asks for not only the rents received from the rental property, but also allows for deductions of many expenses for the property, such as repairs and mortgage interest paid.  If the taxpayer claims depreciation expenses of the rental property, the taxpayer may be required to file Form 4562, Depreciation and Amortization.

If the Schedule E shows a loss after deducting the allowable expenses from your rental income, complex passive activity loss limitations come into play in filing Form 8582, Passive Activity Loss Limitations.  Whether you can use the real estate loss to offset your other income depends on whether the real estate rental is considered a “passive activity.”  Generally, rental real estate is a passive activity, unless the taxpayer can meet certain qualifications to consider the rental activity as active.

Ownership of specified foreign assets, such as foreign bank accounts, often triggers certain tax reporting requirements.  For example, a U.S. taxpayer who owns a foreign account must file a FinCEN Form 114, Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR), if the aggregate value of the foreign accounts exceeds $10,000 at any time during the calendar year.  Many taxpayers will also be required to file a Form 8938, Statement of Specific Foreign Financial Assets with his or her annual tax return depending on some specific threshold values.

Ownership of real estate generally does not trigger these additional reporting requirements.  However, if the real estate is held through a foreign entity, such as a trust or estate, then the foreign rental property must be reported on Form 8938, subject to the threshold values.  Additional reporting requirements come into play as well if the real estate is held through a trust or estate, including completing Part III of Schedule B, Interest and Ordinary Dividends.

Penalties

Failure to report your foreign rental income, to accurately report the income on your tax return, or to complete Form 8938 when necessary could expose the taxpayer to many penalties, including a failure-to-file penalty of $10,000, criminal penalties, and if the failure to file results in underpayment of tax, an accuracy-related penalty equal to 40% of the underpayment of tax and a fraud penalty equal to 75% of the underpayment of tax.

The reporting requirements for foreign rental real estate can become very complex and advanced for most taxpayers.  U.S. taxpayers who own income-generating real estate in a foreign country would benefit from the experienced tax attorneys of the Law Office Of Jeffrey B. Kahn, P.C. representing you to avoid the pitfalls associated with failure to comply with the reporting requirements associated with owing foreign real estate.

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A Double Life, Missing Millions and Murder

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Amy and Bob Bosley were like local royalty — they owned a million-dollar roofing business and were active volunteers in their community. But a phone call one spring morning would devastate their Campbell County, Ky., domain.

“Someone is breaking into my house,” Amy frantically told a 911 dispatcher. “Oh my God, he shot my husband!” she exclaimed.

Police rushed to the scene and discovered the Bosley’s cabin in shambles. The back door was broken in, shattered glass was everywhere and in the bedroom they found Bob Bosley dead — shot seven times.

The Money Trail

For years Bob had built up his chimney sweep and roofing business, eventually turning it into somewhat of a local empire with Amy right beside him handing the bookkeeping. But during the investigation into the murder, police discovered something suspicious in Amy’s car: hundreds of unmailed checks to the IRS totaling about $1.7 million in back employment taxes.

Weeks before the shooting, Amy met with an IRS agent who informed her they were investigating Bob for nonpayment of taxes. Amy went to great lengths to keep the tax problems from her husband even going as far as to impersonate him over the phone, according to police. But she could not keep this problem away from Bob for too much longer as the IRS agent was going to meet Bob for what turned out to be the day after he was be murdered.

The Surprising Outcome

While there was a mountain of circumstantial evidence against Amy including a crime scene that looked staged and Amy having the same type of gun used to kill her husband in her purse, prosecutors admitted they didn’t have a slam dunk. But statements Amy’s children, Morgan, 9, and Trevor, 6, gave to police following the murder would become the strongest piece of evidence to show that their mother’s story that an intruder came into the house was false. Their testimony was crucial, but no one wanted to force young children who had already lost their father to testify against their mother. As a result, prosecutors reluctantly offered Amy Bosley a deal — the minimum sentence of 20 years if she pleaded guilty — and to everyone’s surprise she took the deal.

Bob’s family is certain Amy did it and speculated that the motive involved that missing money from his company and IRS debt that Bob did not even know about.

So when you have IRS problems and we know that murder will not resolve them, how can taxpayers who owe the IRS avoid collection action?  You need to have a plan.

The Law Offices Of Jeffrey B. Kahn, P.C. can help you negotiate a resolution through the IRS and avoid a forced shut-down of your business.

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What are some of the actions Revenue Officers take to collect taxes?

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a.         Garnish wages and levy bank accounts

Tax levies are the way that the Internal Revenue Service gets your immediate attention. What they are saying is, We have tried to communicate with you but you have ignored us.

Levies are used to seize your wages (commonly referred as garnishment) and whatever other assets you have: Checking accounts, savings accounts, autos, stocks, bonds or anything else that you own. If you have more in the bank than you owe, the IRS will only take that amount to satisfy your liability, leaving the rest for you.

b.         File a Federal Tax Lien

A levy is different from an IRS lien. A lien is a claim used as security for the tax debt, while an IRS levy actually takes the property to satisfy the tax debt. Once a tax lien is filed, it will stay on your credit history for seven years which is why if one has been filed, we look to have it released or withdrawn.

The Law Offices Of Jeffrey B. Kahn, P.C. can help you negotiate a resolution through the IRS Fresh Start Program which offers a one-time way to avoid collection actions and get tax liens removed from your credit.

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Jackpot! Now How Do I Get My Withholding Back?

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For foreign persons gambling in casinos in the United States and Indian Reservations, when it comes to taxes – “What happens in Vegas, doesn’t have to stay in Vegas”.

Unlike other foreign countries, the United States considers winnings from gambling and lotteries to be taxable. Under the tax law jackpots of $600 or more will incur a non-resident withholding tax of 30%. So if you are non-U.S. resident and you win $10,000 you only go back home with $7,000.

But as a foreign person, can you get that money back? The short answer is “maybe” depending on the country you are from. For example, the US-Canada Tax Treaty allows Canadians to deduct their U.S. gambling losses (with a few exceptions) in a given year from winnings.

How do you substantiate the losses? Well you don’t have to submit your receipts to the IRS with your tax return.  But if you are ever audited you will be asked for proof of losses so its wise to claim only those losses that you can substantiate. The requirement of substantiation extends to any tax filer (resident or non-resident) looking to claim gambling losses.  To start, if you belong to a casino’s Players Club, check with the casino or casinos that you visited to see if they can provide you with a record of your gambling. Some keep those records. If not, then you should keep a diary of your activity with the following:

•           The date and type of wagering activity

•           The name and location of the casino

•           The amounts you won or lost

You can aggregate all your U.S. gambling  losses for the whole year, not just the trip you won on. Remember travel expenses, entertainment, food and accommodations are not deductible.

So if you are a foreign person looking to claim the gambling losses, what forms need to be filed? If you have never obtained an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) you will need to file for one using Form W-7 along with a certified copy of your passport (sending the original passport is not advisable). Contact passport services of your State Department for one. This only needs to be done the first time you file a return. Next you will fill out tax form 1040NR using the information from the Form 1042S issued to you by the casino. Next send in the completed Form 1040NR, 1042S and your W-7 if you don’t have an ITIN to the IRS who will process your refund.

By using an experienced Cross-Border Tax Expert who is familiar with U.S. tax filings there should be no problem in quickly getting your refund. Contact the Law Offices Of Jeffrey B. Kahn, P.C. with locations in Los Angeles and elsewhere in California.

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IRS Collection Of Employment Taxes

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Employment taxes make up two components:

1.         The taxes withheld from each employee’s paycheck – FICA, Medicare, FWT and SWT – we call this component Trust Fund Liability.

2.         The second category is the employer’s matching share of the FICA Medicare withheld by from each employee’s paycheck.

Now any business will be liable for both components.  But that is not enough for the IRS – the IRS will also seek liability for individuals who the IRS determines are “responsible persons”.

Responsible persons will have joint and several liability for the Trust Fund Liability.

Who are responsible persons?

1.         Officers, directors – basically any one in the business organization with the duty to perform and the power to direct the collecting, accounting, and paying of trust fund taxes.

2.         Any one whose name is on the business bank account.  So the bookkeeper who can sign checks even though having no other authority is a responsible person.

Now at first the IRS will only be looking to collect from the business and if it is incorporated, only the corporation will at first be subject to collection enforcement by the IRS.

However, if the IRS feels they are not collecting enough, the IRS will determine who the responsible persons are and then after that determination has been made and the person fails to appeal that determination, the IRS will now start collection against that person individually.

That’s why it is really important that when a business is falling behind in making its employment tax payments, that you contact the Law Offices Of Jeffrey B. Kahn, P.C as early as possible to mange the situation and come up with a plan.

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Marriage And Taxes

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It’s hard to think of a less romantic topic than tax planning but if you and your honey are considering to “tie the knot” here are some tax consequences that you should be aware.

Marriage Penalty or Marriage Bonus?

In particular, the test is geared toward telling you whether you’ll pay a marriage penalty or get a marriage bonus. Because married filers have different tax brackets than single filers, you can’t assume that your tax liability after you marry will be the sum of the taxes from your individual returns. Some of the important factors involved include the following:

  • Couples where both spouses work are more likely to owe more in taxes than they would if they weren’t married, because once you get above the 15% bracket, thresholds for higher tax rates on joint filers are less than double the rate thresholds for single filers.
  • Single-earner families, on the other hand, are more likely to get a marriage bonus, because the working spouse gets to take advantage of deductions and exemptions for the non-working spouse, and the family gets to enjoy lower tax rates on more overall income.
  • For high-income taxpayers, marriage can be especially costly because special provisions like exemption and deduction phaseouts and the Medicare surcharge tax start applying at levels that aren’t much higher for couples than they are for singles. For instance, the Medicare surcharge applies to singles with incomes of more than $200,000 and couples earning $250,000.

Also, don’t think you can beat the penalty by choosing the married-filing-separately option. Spouses who file separately get less favorable treatment than singles as many of the exclusions and deductions are evenly split.

Given the complexity of this area, one would be best served by seeking tax counsel to make sure that you are getting the maximum tax benefits.  Contact the Law Offices Of Jeffrey B. Kahn, P.C. with locations in Los Angeles and elsewhere in California.

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Jeffrey B. Kahn on Mr. Credit ESPN Feb 13 2014

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Topics Covered:

1.         Tax Planning if you are looking to get married – Marriage Penalty or Marriage Bonus?

2.         What are some of the actions Revenue Officers take to collect taxes?

3.         A Double Life, Missing Millions and Murder – can IRS debt lead to death?

4.         The ABC’s of employment taxes and IRS collection efforts.

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U.S. Reporting Requirements for Certain Canadian Savings Plans

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U.S. taxpayers who own a Canadian Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP), Canadian Registered Retirement Income Fund (RRIF) or own or are the beneficiary of a Canadian Registered Education Savings Plan (RESP) may have special tax reporting requirements.

Reporting Requirements for all RRSPs, RRIFs, and RESPs

Some IRS reporting requirements are the same for RRSPs, RRIFs, and RESPs. For all three types of accounts, U.S. taxpayers who have an interest in, or signatory or other authority over these foreign accounts must file FinCEN Form 114, Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR), if the aggregate value of the foreign trust accounts exceeds $10,000 at any time during the calendar year. As of October 1, 2013 the FBAR form must be filed through the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network’s (FinCEN’s) Bank Secrecy Act E-Filing System on or before June 30th of the year following the calendar year being reported. For example, to report foreign accounts held open in 2013, the taxpayer must file the FBAR by June 30, 2014.

In addition to filing an FBAR form, the U.S. taxpayer with an interest in these Canadian accountsmust follow certain reporting requirements on his or her annual tax return. First, the U.S. taxpayer must include a completed Schedule B, Interest and Ordinary Dividends, with his or her annual tax return. On Schedule B, the taxpayer will complete Part III, Foreign Accounts and Trusts. Questions 7a asks whether, at any time in the year, the taxpayer had a financial interest in or signatory authority over a foreign financial account. Question 7b also asks whether the taxpayer is required to file an FBAR, and if so, in which foreign country the financial account was located. Finally, Question 8 asks whether the U.S. taxpayer received a distribution from, or was the grantor of, or transferor to, a foreign trust, which includes RESPs.

The U.S. taxpayer may also be required to file Form 8938, Statement of Specific Foreign Financial Assets with his or her annual tax return. Whether a taxpayer is required to file this form depends on where the taxpayer lives, the taxpayer’s filing status, and the value in the accounts. For example, unmarried taxpayers living in the United States must file Form 8938 if the total value of your interest in the foreign accountsis more than $50,000 on the last day of the tax year or more than $75,000 at any time during the tax year.

RRSPs and RRIFs Unique Reporting Requirement

RRSPs and RRIFs have one unique filing requirements. These two accounts are two types of Canadian retirement account for holding assets, similar to a U.S. IRA or 401(k) retirement plan. Also similar to U.S. IRA and 401(k) plans, RRSPs and RRIFs enjoy tax-deferral benefits in Canada. By default, U.S. taxpayers who have an interest in an RRSP or RRIF do not have tax-deferral benefits on their U.S. income tax returns. However, a U.S. taxpayer may elect to receive similar tax-deferral status of their RRSP or RRIF by filing a Form 8891.

Even if a U.S. taxpayer does not elect tax-deferral status of their RRSP or RRIF, he or she must still file a Form 8891 a) to report contributions to RRSPs and RRIFs; b) to report undistributed earnings in RRSPs and RRIFs; and c) to report distributions received from RRSPs and RRIFs.

RESPs Unique Reporting Requirements

By contrast, a Canadian RESP is generally treated as a foreign trust and must follow similar reporting requirements to a foreign trust.

When the RESPexperiences a “reportable event,” the U.S. taxpayer must file Form 3520, Annual Return To Report Transactions With Foreign Trusts and Receipt of Certain Foreign Gifts. Reportable events generally occur when the taxpayer makes a contribution to or receives distributions from an RESP.

The U.S. taxpayer must also file a Form 3520-A, Annual Information Return of Foreign Trust
With a U.S. Owner. This form is an annual information return that provides information about the RESP, its U.S. beneficiaries, and any U.S. person who is treated as an owner of any portion of the RESP.

A U.S. taxpayer who transfers money or property to a foreign trust may also be required to file a Form 709, United States Gift (and Generation-Skipping Transfer) Tax Return. Generally, a U.S. taxpayer who transfers money or property totaling more than $14,000 for the year must file a Form 709. Form 709 is a separate tax return, which is not submitted with the taxpayer’s annual tax return.

Finally, RESPs do not enjoy the tax-deferral benefits afforded to RRSPs and RRIFs by making the Form 8891 election. Accordingly, the owner of an RESP must include any earnings in the RESP on his or her annual U.S. income tax return.

Penalties

Failure to comply with the above reporting requirements can result in steep penalties to the unwitting taxpayer. Failure to file an FBAR may result in civil penalties for negligence, pattern of negligence, non-willful, and willful violations. These penalties range from a high penalty for willful violations, equal to the greater of $100,000 or 50% of the balance in the account at the time of violation, to a low penalty of $500 for negligent violations. For failing to file a correct Schedule B or Form 8938, the taxpayer could face a failure-to-file penalty of $10,000, criminal penalties, and if the failure to file results in underpayment of tax, an accuracy-related penalty equal to 40% of the underpayment of tax and a fraud penalty equal to 75% of the underpayment of tax.

Failure to file a correct and complete Form 3520results in an initial penalty of the greater of $10,000, 35% of the gross value of any property transferred to or distribution from a foreign trust, or 5% of the gross value of the portion of the trust’s assets treated as owned by the U.S. taxpayer. An additional 5% penalty of any unreported foreign gifts may also apply for each month for which the failure to report continues.

Finally, failure to file a Form 709 may come with penalties for willful failure to file a return on time, willful attempt to evade or defeat payment of tax, and valuation understatements that cause an underpayment of the tax. A 20% penalty of the tax underpayment may be imposed on both a substantial valuation understatement (the reported value of property listed on Form 709 is 65% or less of the actual value of the property) and a gross valuation understatement (the reported value listed on the Form 709 is 40% or less of the actual value of the property).

U.S. taxpayers who have an interest in a Canadian RRSP, RRIF, or an RESP would benefit from the experienced tax attorneys of the Law Office Of Jeffrey B. Kahn, P.C. representing you to avoid the pitfalls associated with failure to comply with the reporting requirements associated with having an interest in a foreign trust.

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