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“Offshore” accounts are an increasing priority of IRS enforcement<\/a>, aided by the new IRS Whistleblower Program<\/a>. The Offshore World has changed and will never be the same again. The traditional tax haven assurance of secrecy and anonymity won’t necessarily work any more.<\/p>\n

The US has concluded Tax Information Exchange Agreements (TIEA’s) with a number of Offshore jurisdictions. Although the TIEA’s fall short of comprehensive Double Tax Treaties, they allow the IRS to obtain tax information about entities and accounts in Offshore jurisdictions under certain circumstances. <\/p>\n

In many cases, these agreements allow the jurisdiction to forego financial secrecy laws when faced with a specific information request from the IRS. In most cases, the exchange of information potentially covers civil as well as criminal investigations by the IRS.<\/p>\n

Continue reading \u2192<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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