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Tax Compliance for Refugees

“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free…” – Emma Lazarus All... Mary Beth Lougen, EA, USTCP

Spring 2024, Feature Article, Form 8865, Form 8621, FBAR, Form 3520, refugees, COVID-19, Form 3520-A, asylees, Form 114, nonresident alien, permanent resident, earned income tax credit, international information returns, green card, EITC, humanitarian, child tax credit, §6013(g), visa, Economic Impact Payment, §6013(h), employment authorization document, Form 8858, §6428B, EAD, Form 8938, §6428, foreign, §7701(b), Form 5471, §7701(b)(1)(A), immigrants

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Assessable Penalties and Abating Them

The United States federal tax system operates on a system of somewhat voluntary compliance. However, human nature being what it is, a voluntary system without a means of enforcement lends itself to fraud, ignorance, and disregard. I... David Woods, EA

Sept/Oct 2021, Feature Article, fraud, Form 926, §6038, Form 5471, §6662, Form 8865, accuracy-related penalty, Form 3520, Form 8858, Form 3520-A, Form 8938, §6662(j), abatement, §6651(a), §6038D, §6651(a)(1), §199A, §6651(a)(2), penalties, §6663

Tax Reporting for Foreign Real Property Rentals

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Tax Reporting for Foreign Real Property Rentals

This article addresses the reporting of foreign real property rental activities conducted directly by individuals who are United States citizens or subject to United States taxation as resident aliens. The discussion focuses on foreign currency... Patrick D. Dimmitt, EA

July/Aug 2021, Feature Article, owner functional currency net value, OFCNV, FinCEN, §988, international, modified accelerated cost recovery system, Form 114, MACRS, Form 8858, foreign currency, Form 8938, qualified business unit, QBU, §987, property rental