IRS Reminder – Offshore Voluntary Compliance Program (OVDP) Ends September 28, 2018

The IRS recently released a reminder that taxpayers have until September 28, 2018 to apply for the OVDP. While the Streamlined Filing Offshore Procedure (SFOP), Streamline Domestic Offshore Procedures (SDOP) and Delinquent International Information Return (DIIR) programs remain open, the OVDP is the only program to reduce penalties and avoid potential criminal sanctions for persons…

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US Tax Compliance And Planning For US Executives, Entrepreneurs And Investors Living Outside The US

The article was first published in  Global Tax Weekly, issue 170. Below is the full text of the seventh article in the series on US taxes for US persons living outside the US. US Tax Compliance And Planning For US Executives, Entrepreneurs And Investors Living Outside The US by Stephen Flott, Omar Saleh, and Louisa…

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US Tax Compliance and Planning – The Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program (OVDP)

By: Joseph Siegmann, and The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) created the Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program (OVDP) and the Streamlined Domestic Offshore Procedure (SDOP) to encourage taxpayers to disclose foreign accounts and income that were subject to reporting but were not previously reported to the IRS. While both the OVDP and SDOP encourage taxpayers to disclose…

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United States Tax Compliance And Planning For US Executives, Entrepreneurs And Investors Living Outside The US – An Overview

The article was first published in Global Tax Weekly, issue 154. Below is the full text of the first article in the series on US taxes for US persons living outside the US. United States Tax Compliance And Planning For US Executives, Entrepreneurs And Investors Living Outside The US – An Overview  by Stephen Flott…

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Revised Streamlined Compliance Procedures for FBAR

Further to our June 8th, 2014 email regarding the June 3rd, 2014 announcement by the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service that changes to the Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program (OVDP) and Streamlined Compliance Procedure (SCP) were under development, we are pleased to report that yesterday, the Service published changes to the SCP that substantially improve…

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Foreign Earned Income Exclusion

The US taxes its citizens and residents based on their worldwide income. A US citizen living abroad can elect to exclude a certain amount of foreign earned income on his or her US income tax return, if certain requirements are met. For 2013, the maximum foreign earned income exclusion (“FEIE”) amount is $97,600 per taxpayer (amount indexed for inflation each year). The FEIE is available only to exclude income from wages or self-employment income earned for services performed outside the US. The FEIE is claimed on IRS Form 2555.

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