The IRS List of “Bad Banks” is Up to 95: What You Need to Know About New OVDP Penalties
The IRS List of “Bad Banks” The IRS updated its list of “Bad Banks” last month, which is now up to 95 banking institutions. This list will continue to grow as Swiss banks and foreign financial institutions come under more intense scrutiny from the Department of Justice to force public disclosure. So if your client’s bank […]
Will Spendthrift Language In A Trust Always Be Respected?
Will Spendthrift Language In A Trust Always Be Respected? The unequivocal answer to the question is: it depends. The grantor’s purpose for including spendthrift language in a trust is to protect the trust assets set from the beneficiary’s creditors and to prevent the beneficiary from selling or assigning his or her interest in the trust. […]
Clinton Proposes Capital Gains Tax Increase
Presidential contender, Hillary Clinton, announced a proposal for capital gains tax reform. In the plan, capital gains taxes will be increased for assets held for less than six years by top-bracket investors. The proposed capital gains tax increase As part of her proposal, the top-ranking tax rate will be 43.8 percent for assets held less […]
U.S. Officials Granted Access to Bank Records in Tax Evasion Probe
A federal judge granted a request made by government officials to obtain the account data and identifying information of American banking clients suspected of committing tax law violations through offshore accounts managed by the Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son. Butterfield currently has several offices throughout the Caribbean and Switzerland, and officials have long suspected […]
