2010 Guidance: Announcement 2010-16 Suspends FBAR Filing Requirement for NON US Citizens
Announcement 2010-16 temporarily suspends, for persons who are not United States citizens, United States residents or domestic entities the requirement to file Form TD F 90-22.1, Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR), for the 2009 and earlier calendar years.
Announcement 2010-16 will be published in Internal Revenue Bulletin 2010-11 on March 15, 2010.
2010 Tax Guidance: Revenue Procedure 2010-15 Identifies Circumstances Reducing Understatement of Income Tax Penalty and Related Disclosures on a Taxpayers Return
Revenue Procedure 2010-15 updates Rev. Proc. 2008-14, 2008-1, C.B. 435, and identifies circumstances under which the disclosure on a taxpayer’s income tax return with respect to an item or a position is adequate for purpose of reducing the understatement of income tax under section 6662(d) of the Internal Revenue Code; (relating to the substantial understatement aspect of the accuracy-related penalty), and for the purpose of avoiding the tax return preparer penalty under section 6694(a) (relating to understatements due to unreasonable positions) with respect to income tax returns.
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