FBAR: Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts

What is an FBAR?

FBAR stands for ‘Foreign Bank Account Report’, a reporting requirement for Americans who have a total of over $10,000 in foreign financial accounts at any time during a year.

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Foreign financial accounts include most kinds of bank and investment accounts. Americans who qualify have to report their accounts by filing FinCEN Form 114 online. Find out more here.

What All US Expats Need to Know About Paul Manafort and FBAR

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With President Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort having been found guilty this week of eight out of the eighteen charges that he faced, the acronym FBAR has been in the news again. An FBAR (Foreign Bank Account Report) is an important reporting requirement for Americans with overseas financial accounts, including millions of expats, many […]

Taxes for US Expats – 2018 FBAR Filing Dates and Guidance

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All American citizens and green card holders whose annual income exceeds $10,000, or just $400 of self-employment income, are required to file a US tax return every year reporting their worldwide income. Unlike most other countries, the US tax system doesn’t recognize Americans who live abroad as being any different to those who live stateside, […]

Filing FBARs Late – What US Expats Need to Know

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Americans living abroad are required to file a US tax return the same as if they lived in the US, reporting their worldwide income. Fortunately, there are several IRS exemptions such as the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion and the Foreign Tax Credit that they can claim that prevent most expats from paying US tax (although […]

What US Expats can Learn From the Paul Manafort Indictment

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President Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort, along with his associate Richard Gates, were indicted this week, with a long list of criminal charges filed against them. The charges include engaging in conspiracies against the United States and to launder money, making false statements, acting as an unregistered foreign agent, and failing to report foreign bank […]

What Sort of Accounts Do US Expats Have to Report in an FBAR?

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The US tax system is different to every other developed country’s, in that America taxes based on citizenship rather than on residence. That means that whereas most countries only tax residents (and non-residents who have income arising in the country), the US taxes all US citizens wherever in the world they live. This means that […]