Category: Citizenship

Azizur Rahman Indictment FBAR case

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging a Herndon man with failing to file Reports of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBARs) and filing false documents with the IRS.

According to the indictment, Azizur Rahman, 70, had a financial interest in and signature authority over more than 20 foreign financial accounts, including accounts held in Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the Republic of Singapore, and Bangladesh. For the years 2010 through 2016, Rahman allegedly did not disclose his interest in all of his financial accounts on annual FBARs, as required by law. Rahman also allegedly filed false individual tax returns for the tax years 2010 through 2016 that did not report to the IRS all

Warning to Individuals with Malta Personal Retirements

The IRS has now issued their opinion on their understanding of the meaning of pension fund for purposes of the United States–Malta income tax treaty (Treaty). The competent authorities, CA, have entered into this agreement on December 23, 2021, after becoming aware that U.S. taxpayers with no conn

Individual Voluntarily Giving up Their United States Citizenship

This listing contains the name of each individual voluntarily giving up their United States citizenship with respect to whom the Secretary received information during the quarter ending December 31, 2020. For purposes of this listing, long-term residents are treated as if they were citizens of the