In recent months, the IRS has revised a public announcement and issued a practice unit on IRS Form 3520-A reporting and ...

Foreign trust reporting obligations can apply to a domestic trust established even within the US and the recent regulations ...

On May 8, the IRS issued proposed regulations addressing matters related to foreign trusts and large gifts received from "nonresident aliens" (NRAs) by a U.S. person. See REG-124850-08 (proposed ...

"Since 1996, when Congress enacted a myriad of provisions to prevent tax avoidance through the use of foreign trusts and gifts, taxpayers have had to rely on less formal guidance (e.g., Notice 97 ...

A trust fund is different from a foreign trust, which has become a popular way to circumvent the U.S. tax system. Foreign trust owners must report earnings using form 3520 or form 3520-A. Grantor ...

An FBAR is used to report foreign financial accounts to the federal government, which uses this information to ensure ...

An IRS rule proposal could give tax professionals and clients who receive assets through foreign trusts and gifts answers to technical questions they've been posing for decades. Last month, the agency ...

An IRS rule proposal could give tax professionals and clients who receive assets through foreign trusts and gifts answers to technical questions they've been posing for decades. The IRS proposal would ...