On September 4, 2018, the Internal Revenue Service issued a reminder that taxpayers with undisclosed foreign financial assets have until September 28, 2018, to file a disclosure under the Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program (OVDP).   The OVDP la...

The IRS has announced that it will shut down the Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program (OVDP) on September 28, 2018. The OVDP, which started in 2009, allows taxpayers to voluntarily disclose offshore bank accounts and assets that were not originally...

Taxpayers preparing to travel internationally may soon have to change their plans if they are behind on their taxes.  Earlier this week, the IRS “strongly encouraged” individuals with “seriously delinquent tax debts” to pay what they owe or enter int...

A U.S. permanent resident from South Korea pled guilty on October 26th to charges of failing to report offshore bank accounts to the IRS. Hyung Kwon Kim, a resident of Connecticut and citizen of South Korea, admitted to holding unreported Swiss bank...

On Thursday, October 12, 2017, Herbert Lindenbaum, a personal injury and medical malpractice attorney, pled guilty to tax evasion, following a nearly two-decade scheme to evade $3.4 million in taxes.  The scheme involved paying family members for wor...