Taxpayers Advised to Use Caution: Confirmed FBAR Information Request Scam

Our firm has become aware of a “phishing” scam, related to the filing of Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR). Under the scam, taxpayers receive an email notice, purportedly from the IRS Chief of Criminal Investigations, indicating there are

Another Foreign Bank Charged by U.S. Department of Justice

Earlier this week, two Julius Baer Group Ltd. client advisers were charged with helping U.S. customers of the Zurich- based bank evade taxes, according to an indictment and a person with knowledge of the matter. Daniela Casadei and Fabio Frazzetto

Estate Planning For Women

Estate planning affects women more profoundly, so they should take charge of this process, or at least be equal participants. Among Americans 65 and older, 42% of women, but just 14% of men, are widowed. Women’s longer life expectancy, combined with  their tendency