QUESTION: After reading your article titled Offshore Criminal Amnesty 2009, I filed four years of federal form 5471 with Mr. Judge at the Offshore Unit in...
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M.K. Ramadoss, CPA reminded me that the domestic partnership return (Form 1065) is now due no later than September 15th. This change was made so that...
QUESTION: If an offshore variable annuity is owned by a Nevis LLC that is 2% owned by my mother, 2% owned by my father, and 96% owned by me, will its earnings...
QUESTION: In 2008, my client, a US LLC formed a United Kingdom Holding Company (ABC Holding) to acquire all the shares of a UK manufacturing company (XYZ Ltd)....
"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."" (Attributed to Edmund Burke) Although my Conservative/Libertarian bias must be...
QUESTION: Reportable Transactions Can you refer me to any authoritative source of information about reportable transactions, listed transactions and...
QUESTION: Is it possible to be free of the IRS without fully expatriating? I mean, I understand the 16th Amendment has never been fully and properly ratified,...
For those who are considering the IRS Offshore Voluntary Compliance Initiative for disclosing previously unreported income from foreign sources, the deadline...
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Richard Duke and I have completed the first edition of a new tax guide for the U.S. grantors and beneficiaries of a foreign trust. If you are a U.S. citizen or...
QUESTION: When we met a few years ago, you mentioned that there were still some advantages of Offshore Trusts for those of us living overseas. Kindly send...
QUESTION: I realize you must be awfully busy until the 15th of October. But I respectfully ask you to help me with this. There is no other way since the IRS...
The following is a response by a CPA to the question regarding Schedule C and Schedule H on the Form 8858 for disregarded entities. Vern - - - - - - - - - - - ...
Because of the upcoming October 15 deadline for individual returns on a six month extension and the extension of the IRS offshore amnesty program until 10/15,...
After a number of months of being tied down with imminent tax deadlines, I can breath a short sigh of relief and enjoy a few months to work on books and...
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QUESTION: I have been preparing expatriate tax returns for over 20 years. I've prepared many Form 5471's over the years. Most of my clients with foreign...
In the last message, I said that a free e-book on the tax rules for offshore investing was available at http://www.offshorepress.com/offshoretax/ However, I...
QUESTION: How do you collect lottery powerball winnings in order to maintain your anonymity? Do you setup a living trust or LLC? Will this reduce potential...
Do you remember the hey-day of the tax shelters? It occurred from about 1970 through 1986 after which most of the individual tax shelters were curtailed by the...
QUESTION: "I am closing my offshore asset protection trust. This year 2009, I will take all assets as a benfits leaving zero in the trust. Which forms to file...
I've always been somewhat amused by taxpayers who wait until it is time to prepare their tax return to ask about what they can do to reduce their taxes. And I...
It seems that most taxpayers and their advisors focus on finding ways to increase their itemized deductions in order to save taxes. However, there are...
Even though there is a slight chance that the House version of a health care bill might be blocked in the Senate and that the cap & trade bill may not be...
Before 1986, one of the most popular tax saving moves was to make gifts of appreciated property to a child. The gain on the property would be transferred to...
QUESTION: A new client inherited a bank account in Japan and was not aware of it until a few years back. On top of only realizing that she had the account...
This is from Richard Levine, Esq. in response to my comments in memo # 743 about a question involving anonymity in receiving lottery winnings. = = = = = = = = ...
This was in response to my comments about gifting to minors (#749) = = = = = = = = COMMENT: Vern…Your newsletter (# 749) implies that no gift tax return is...
QUESTION: Mr. Jacobs, if a foreign private investor, foreign financial institution, or foreign business entity purchases dividend-paying stocks of corporations...
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