The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently issued updated guidance on the federal reporting requirements for U.S. taxpayers that have bank accounts and other financial accounts overseas. While the IRS’s updated guidance does not change anything with respect to taxpayers’ obligations, it clearly outlines the Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR) requirement and describes what taxpayers should do if they need to fix prior FBAR filing mistakes. Boston international tax attorney Kevin E. Thorn, Managing Partner of Thorn Law Group, explains:

Under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), U.S. taxpayers must report foreign financial assets that exceed certain aggregate thresholds to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on an annual basis. In this article, Boston tax lawyer Kevin E. Thorn, Managing Partner of Thorn Law Group, explains what qualifies as a “foreign financial asset” for purposes of the annual FATCA reporting requirement.