Save Your Estate

Why should the government or anyone else direct what happens with your estate assets? Why should a court, a stranger, or someone other than your choice make the medical and financial decisions for you if you become sick and incapacitated? Why should anyone other than your spouse, life partner, or the one you choose make the decisions about your illness, hospital visits, your funeral and what happens to your estate?

Monday, June 23, 2008

Report Foreign Accounts or Face Fine and Jail

Report Foreign Accounts or Face Fine and Jail

U.S. citizens and permanent residents who have bank and other financial accounts in a foreign country may be required to report those accounts to the U.S. Department of Treasury by June 30. The failure to report these accounts can result in a $10,000 fine per account and possible criminal penalties.

The government forces US citizens to file the report each year if they have a financial interest in or signature authority or other authority over any financial accounts, including bank, securities or other types of financial accounts, in a foreign country, if the aggregate value of these financial accounts exceeds $10,000 at any time during the calendar year.

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