Eleventh Circuit Sustains Willful FBAR Penalty, But throws the Taxpayer a Bone

By: Anthony N. Verni Attorney at Law, CPA September 5, 2024 ©2024   Eleventh Circuit Sustains Willful FBAR Penalty, But throws the Taxpayer a Bone On September 4, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit in…
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EMPLOYMENT TAX AUDITS ON THE RISE SECTION 6672 PENALTY AND CRIMINAL PROSECUTION

By: Anthony N. Verni, Attorney at Law, CPA August 13, 2024 ®2024 EMPLOYMENT TAX AUDITS ON THE RISE SECTION 6672 PENALTY AND CRIMINAL PROSECUTION Employment tax audits are on the rise and so too is the exposure to those individuals …
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TAXPAYER’S PERSONAL CRISIS NO DEFENSE TO WILLFUL FBAR PENALTY

By: Anthony N. Verni, Attorney at Law, CPA August 13, 2024 ©2024   TAXPAYER’S ADHD DIAGNOSIS, STRESS, DEPRESSION AND STAGE 3 PROSTRATE CANCER NO DEFENSE TO WILLFUL FBAR PENALTY   On August 6, 2024 the U.S. District Court for…

PERMANENT LAWFUL RESIDENT PROCEDURES FOR U.S. TAX EXPATRIATION

By: Anthony N. Verni, Attorney of Law, CPA Date: August 6, 2024 ©2024   PERMANENT LAWFUL RESIDENT PROCEDURES FOR U.S. TAX EXPATRIATION Any decision regarding expatriation from the United States for tax purposes should include consultation…
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THAI RESIDENTS MUST NOW PAY THAI INCOME TAX ON FOREIGN SOURCE INCOME

The Thai Revenue Department recently issued Order No. 16/2023 (the “Order”), which marks a significant shift in Thai tax policy as it relates to Thai Residents, who derive income from foreign sources or own offshore assets. The Order, which…
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LARGE TAX REFUNDS AND THE GHOST PREPARER

Earlier this year a Charlotte man was charged with tax fraud in a 20 count criminal indictment, charging him with aiding and assisting in the preparation and filing of false returns over a five year period. According to the allegations, between…
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FBAR PROSECUTIONS-FORMER CFO SENTENCED TO EIGHTY SIX MONTHS IN PRISON

On September 21, 2023 a  former CFO of  a Russian natural gas company was sentenced to seven years in prison, ordered to pay $4 million dollars in restitution and an additional $350,000 in fines in connection with a number of tax and financial…

WHAT DO OFFERS IN COMPROMISE AND ALUMINUM SIDING HAVE IN COMMON?

After many years, I decided to watch Tin Men again. It is a 1987 movie starring Danny DeVito and Richard Dreyfuss, both of whom are aluminum siding salesman in Baltimore in the late sixties.  They run  multiple scams, including “Life Magazine”…