IRS Re-Opens The Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program
The Internal Revenue Services reopenned the offshore voluntary disclosure program to help people hiding offshre accounts get current with their taxes and announced the collection of $4.4 billion so far from the two previous international programs.
The IRS reopenned the Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program (OVDP) following continued strong interest from taxpayers and tax practitioners after the closure of the 2011 and 2009 programs. The third offshore program comes as the IRS continues working on a wide range of international issues and follows ongoing efforts with the Justice Department to pursue criminal prosecution of international tax evasion. The program will open for an indefinite period until otherwise announced.
"Our focus on offshore tax evasion continues to produce strong, substantial results for the nation's taxpayer," said IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman. "We have billions of dollars in hand from our previous efforts, and we have more people wanting to come in and get right with the government. This new program makes good sense for taxpayers still hiding overseas assets and for the nation's tax system." Read more
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IRS bearing down on Americans
(The Globe and Mail)