On June 21, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a major case regarding IRS penalties relating to Reports of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBARs). Kostelanetz & Fink represents the American College of Tax Counsel (the “College”), which filed an amicus brief in
NEW YORK CITY (March 31, 2022) — Kostelanetz & Fink partner Caroline Rule has been elected as a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America (LCA), an invitation-only trial lawyer honor society. The LCA’s Fellows are selected and invited to join the society “after being
As we previously reported, the IRS recently updated Form 14457 (Voluntary Disclosure Practice Preclearance Request and Application) to include a section requiring disclosure of virtual currency. Virtual currency is a digital representation of value stored in electronic form and usable as a medium for exchange.
On January 13, 2022, Him Das, Acting Director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), addressed the annual Financial Crimes Enforcement Conference hosted by the American Bankers Association and American Bar Association to discuss FinCEN’s changing approach to anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (AML/CFT). FinCEN
The Internal Revenue Service Advisory Council (“IRSAC”) issued its yearly Public Report (the “2021 report”) on November 17, 2021, outlining recommendations to the IRS on new and ongoing tax administration issues. The purpose of IRSAC is to provide the Commissioner of the IRS with policy
Megan L. Brackney was quoted in a recent CBS News article entitled “What’s Inside The Treasury’s Proposal To Track Nearly All Bank Accounts,” published on October 18, 2021. The article describes a recent Treasury proposal that would require banks to report annual gross in-flows and
