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TOPICS / TAX

FBAR penalties are not taxes imposed by the Code

Because they are imposed under Title 31, taxpayers’ foreign bank account reporting failure penalties were not subject to the Code’s procedural requirements, the Tax Court held.

Proposed regulations provide guidance on foreign tax credit rules

Proposed foreign tax credit regulations provide guidance on the reattribution asset rule for purposes of allocating and apportioning foreign taxes, the cost recovery requirement, and the application of the source-based attribution requirement to withholding tax on royalty payments.

IRS’s FATCA enforcement fell short, TIGTA says

Initial plans for the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act’s regime of reporting US taxpayers’ foreign bank accounts and other financial assets largely have stalled, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration reports.

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The September Technology Q&A column shows how to create dynamic to-do lists with Excel's checkboxes and also how to set up multifactor authentication texts that don't rely on phones. Flip through both items and view a video walkthrough in our digital format.