UPDATE: On March 27, 2020, IRS and Treasury Department announced an extension for filing the Federal Gift (and generation-skipping transfer) Tax returns as well as any tax due on April 15, 2020 to July 15, 2020. As with the previously announced extension for Income Tax, any associated interest and penalties for late payment or late filing […]

Please refer to our updated post, COVID-19 IRS update: US tax filing deadline extension.  Please note: This post has been updated as of March 19. The Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in a press conference on March 17, 2020 that most Americans can get a three-month extension on this year’s April 15 US tax payment deadline to […]

On 3rd March 2020, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Revenue Procedure 2020-17 (Rev Proc), which specifically covered an exemption from information reporting in respect of certain non-US retirement plans. To provide some context, US persons with an interest in a non-US “trust-based” retirement plan should consider filing Forms 3520-A and 3520 annually in respect […]

From 6 April 2020, UK resident taxpayers will be required to submit a ‘UK land return’, reporting gains from the sale of any UK residential property to HMRC, as opposed to simply reporting the transactions on their UK income tax return as in previous years. The UK land return is due to be filed within […]

Please read the updated post Revenue Procedure 2020-17 Explained – Forms 3520 & 3520A The Internal Revenue Service has stated that it intends to issue a Revenue Procedure later this month that will relieve individual taxpayers from filing Forms 3520 & 3520A with respect to certain foreign retirement plans. The IRS has also indicated that individuals who have […]

The SECURE Act passed by Congress in December 2019 made important changes to retirement plans, but it also made a change to the ‘Kiddie Tax’. Before the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), children with unearned income paid no tax on the first $1,100 of unearned income, and the next $1,100 was taxed at the […]

The IRS is targeting high-income taxpayers who have not complied with their tax obligations. As part of a larger effort to ensure compliance and fairness, the Internal Revenue Service said on February 19th that it will step up efforts to visit high-income taxpayers who have failed to timely file one or more of their tax returns. The IRS has recently hired additional enforcement personnel, […]