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The IRS Oversight Board issued its annual report to Congress for 2011 in June (posted June 5, 2012). The report notes that the estimated net tax gap grew nearly $100 billion from 2001 (when the gap was last estimated) to 2006. Of particular interest is the Board’s assessment of the tax gap and IRS’ efforts to … Read More
The federal withholding and reporting rules for payments for personal services made to foreign nationals depend on the recipient’s federal tax residency status – resident alien or nonresident alien. Compensation payments to resident aliens are subject to the same rules for withholding and reporting as are such payments to U.S.citizens. These payments are not subject … Read More
The IRS’ June 20 FATCA Newsletter released new details on the FATCA registration process. The online system being built hopes to make foreign financial institution (FFI) registration as painless as possible. Some of the key details included in the newsletter are: FFIs will register through an online system Each FFI must designate a FATCA representative (referred to … Read More
Are all of your employees either U.S. citizens or U.S. lawful permanent residents? Form I-9, Work Authorization Verification, indicates a choice of four categories for employees: U.S. citizen U.S. national U.S. lawful permanent resident A nonimmigrant authorized to work through [a specified date] If no, do you capture immigration status history and U.S. presence … Read More
Transfer statements are required as a means of passing along adjusted basis information on tax lots of covered securities when these are transferred to a receiving custodian or broker. Transfer statements are also required to inform a receiving custodian or broker which items are uncovered securities; a transferred security is presumed to be a covered security unless … Read More
The new Kentucky Tax Amnesty Act authorizes a tax amnesty program, which will be run by the state Department of Revenue for a period of no less than 60 days and no more than 120 days beginning on a date yet to be set in the fiscal year July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013. … Read More