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U.S. campaign to catch tax cheats snaring Canadians

September 24, 2011. U.S. campaign to catch tax cheats snaring Canadians (Financial Post). As U.S. tax authorities move to crack down on citizens living abroad, many living in Canada have been caught up in fear of massive penalties. The campaign …

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News Analysis: Clarification on Retirement Plans Needed in OVDI

September 26, 2011. News Analysis: Clarification on Retirement Plans Needed in OVDI (TaxAnalysts). In the world of voluntary disclosures, Canadian and other foreign retirement accounts could become the next passive foreign investment companies. Accounts known as registered retirement savings plans …

Eight Offshore Banks Under Grand Jury Investigation Over Taxes, U.S. Says

September 20, 2011. Eight Offshore Banks Under Grand Jury Investigation Over Taxes, U.S. Says (Bloomberg). Eight offshore banks are under federal grand jury investigation for facilitating tax evasion by U.S. citizens as part of a probe the Justice Department said …

Top Estate Planning Tips For Same-Sex Couples

September 20, 2011. Top Estate Planning Tips For Same-Sex Couples (San Francisco Chronicle). Estate planning can be confusing and difficult for anyone. For same-sex couples, the hurdles can sometimes be insurmountable. Every state has its own laws regarding marriage and …

Money Issues Of Surviving Spouses

September 18, 2011. Money Issues Of Surviving Spouses (Wall Street Journal). The death of a spouse is a wrenching event. To make the pain and anxiety worse, survivors find themselves grappling with financial and legal questions at a time when …

Attorney Datan Dorot Interviewed by Reuters about IRS Efforts to Crack Down on U.S. Taxpayers Hiding Funds in Israeli Banks

September 16, 2011. Exclusive: U.S. tax-evasion probe turns to Israeli banks (Reuters) – The U.S. pursuit of offshore tax evaders is widening to include Israel, where U.S. authorities are scrutinizing three of Israel’s largest banks over suspicions their Swiss outposts …

IRS Collects $2.7B via Offshore Amnesty

September 16, 2011. IRS Collects $2.7B via Offshore Amnesty (Bloomberg). The Internal Revenue Service has taken in a total of $2.7 billion from holders of offshore bank accounts, the agency said as it announced that 12,000 taxpayers responded to the …

IRS Shows Continued Progress on International Tax Evasion

September 15, 2011. IR-2011-94 IRS Shows Continued Progress on International Tax Evasion WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service continues to make strong progress in combating international tax evasion, with new details announced today showing the recently completed offshore program pushed …

Top 5 Reasons To Beware Of Joint Ownership Between Generations

September 13, 2011. Top 5 Reasons To Beware Of Joint Ownership Between Generations (Forbes). Celebrities are not the only ones to make mistakes with their estate planning. It happens to people all across the country on a regular basis. The …

Estate Planning: Asking The Hard Questions

September 12, 2011. Estate Planning: Asking The Hard Question (Wall Street Journal). Have you created an estate plan for your family? Have your parents discussed their own estate plans with you? How did that conversation go? I’ve been thinking a …

Whatcha Gonna Do When They Come For You? IRS CID Stepping Up Its Act

August 29, 2011. Whatcha Gonna Do When They Come For You? IRS CID Stepping Up Its Act (Forbes). One of my persistent comments is that there are two distinct areas of tax practice – determination of the correct tax and …

Funeral Planning: How To Avoid Paying Beyond The Grave

August 29, 2011. Funeral Planning: How To Avoid Paying Beyond The Grave (Reuters). No one likes to think about the time when they will shuffle off this mortal coil. That’s why getting our parents or even ourselves to do estate …

Going Quietly Into The Night May Not Be The Best Idea For U.S. Citizens Living Abroad

August 26, 2011. Going Quietly Into The Night May Not Be The Best Idea For U.S. Citizens Living Abroad (Forbes). Apparently, there are a large number of U.S. citizens living outside the United States as well as a large number of …

Tax Tips For Harvey Golub (And Other Millionaires)

August 25, 2011. Tax Tips For Harvey Golub (And Other Millionaires) (Wall Street Journal). Hey, Harvey Golub — I’m sorry to hear about your tax problems! In a rebuttal to Warren Buffett’s call for higher taxes on the super-rich, you …

IRS OVDI Offers Penalty Relief For Dual Citizens

August 19, 2011. IRS OVDI Offers Penalty Relief For Dual Citizens (Forbes). IRS Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Initiative Program Offers Substantial Penalty Relief for Dual Citizens – But Taxpayers Must Apply Before August 31, 2011. Background. For a variety of reasons, …

With Taxes, Giving May Be Worse Than Receiving

August 24, 2011. With Taxes, Giving May Be Worse Than Receiving (Forbes). The Bible suggests it is better to give than to receive, even when you give up a lot. In O. Henry’s “The Gift of the Magi,” a struggling …

Beware New Estate Tax Election

August 19, 2011. Beware New Estate Tax Election (Forbes). It’s old news to talk of the great estate tax timing everyone assumes people got if they died in 2010, the one year in recent memory there was no federal estate …

FBAR OPTIONS – NOT EVERYONE IS A CANDIDATE FOR THE 2011 OVDI PROGRAM: MAKE SURE TO HAVE YOUR CASE REVIEWED. DOROT LAW, PA. www.dorotlaw.com. info@dorotlaw.com. 305 921-9421

August 15, 2011. DOROT LAW, PA. www.dorotlaw.com. info@dorotlaw.com. 305 921-9421 Before you have a heart-attack or sleepless nights (which, if you are reading this article, you already have experienced either or both), it is important to determine whether you do …

Estate Executors Must Decide 2010 Tax By Nov. 15, IRS Says

August 5, 2011. Estate Executors Must Decide 2010 Tax By Nov. 15, IRS Says (Bloomberg). The Internal Revenue Service is giving executors of estates of people who died in 2010 until Nov. 15 to opt out of the estate tax. …

Is Foreign Account Ignorance Bliss?

August 9, 2011. Is Foreign Account Ignorance Bliss? (Forbes). Should you enter the IRS’s OVDI program for foreign account disclosures if you didn’t intentionally violate the law? I’m asked this question frequently. For all the publicity surrounding the IRS foreign …

U.S. campaign to catch tax cheats snaring Canadians

News Analysis: Clarification on Retirement Plans Needed in OVDI

Eight Offshore Banks Under Grand Jury Investigation Over Taxes, U.S. Says

Top Estate Planning Tips For Same-Sex Couples

Money Issues Of Surviving Spouses

Attorney Datan Dorot Interviewed by Reuters about IRS Efforts to Crack Down on U.S. Taxpayers Hiding Funds in Israeli Banks

IRS Collects $2.7B via Offshore Amnesty

IRS Shows Continued Progress on International Tax Evasion

Top 5 Reasons To Beware Of Joint Ownership Between Generations

Estate Planning: Asking The Hard Questions

Whatcha Gonna Do When They Come For You? IRS CID Stepping Up Its Act

Funeral Planning: How To Avoid Paying Beyond The Grave

Going Quietly Into The Night May Not Be The Best Idea For U.S. Citizens Living Abroad

Tax Tips For Harvey Golub (And Other Millionaires)

IRS OVDI Offers Penalty Relief For Dual Citizens

With Taxes, Giving May Be Worse Than Receiving

Beware New Estate Tax Election

FBAR OPTIONS – NOT EVERYONE IS A CANDIDATE FOR THE 2011 OVDI PROGRAM: MAKE SURE TO HAVE YOUR CASE REVIEWED. DOROT LAW, PA. www.dorotlaw.com. info@dorotlaw.com. 305 921-9421

Estate Executors Must Decide 2010 Tax By Nov. 15, IRS Says

Is Foreign Account Ignorance Bliss?

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