badger
@all, the article below just appeared in the Hamilton Spectator re ‘voluntary disclosures’ . with a glancing mention of FATCA. The authors are from KPMG.
http://www.thespec.com/news/business/article/694426–americans-in-canada-beware-of-irs-bloodhounds
Tue Mar 27 2012
by Jeffrey Brown and Elena Hanson
(“Jeffrey Brown is a partner and Elena Hanson is a senior manager with KPMG’s US and Cross-Border Tax Group in Hamilton.”)
“Americans in Canada beware of IRS bloodhounds”
“Whether they know it or not, most of the roughly one million “United States persons” who reside in Canada remain subject to US income tax. US persons include US citizens, green card holders and even some “accidental Americans” who don’t realize they are subject to US tax. Non-compliance with US tax laws among US persons in Canada remains widespread, according to analysis by accounting firm KPMG, and has recently become subject to intense enforcement by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). While the time has come for US persons to “get back into the US tax system”, there are alternative approaches to remedy past non-compliance……………” Continue reading
