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March 2, 2023
|2 min read
Non-Willful, Per-Form Penalties Suffer a Bittner Fate: Supreme Court Resolves FBAR Penalty Dispute
The Supreme Court has released its 5–4 decision in Bittner v. United States, No. 21-1195, holding that the Bank Secrecy Act’s penalty for non-willful failure to
file a Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR) applies on a per-form basis—and not on a per-account basis, as argued by the government.
file a Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR) applies on a per-form basis—and not on a per-account basis, as argued by the government.
May 2, 2022
|4 min read
On April 21, 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States held in Boechler, P.C. v. Commissioner that the 30-day time limit under Internal Revenue Code
(“I.R.C.” or “Code”) § 6330(d)(1) for a taxpayer to file a petition for a collection due process (“CDP”) hearing with the United States Tax Court is a
non-jurisdictional deadline. The Supreme Court’s holding is significant because, as a non-jurisdictional deadline, I.R.C. § 6330(d)(1)’s 30-day time l...Read more
(“I.R.C.” or “Code”) § 6330(d)(1) for a taxpayer to file a petition for a collection due process (“CDP”) hearing with the United States Tax Court is a
non-jurisdictional deadline. The Supreme Court’s holding is significant because, as a non-jurisdictional deadline, I.R.C. § 6330(d)(1)’s 30-day time l...Read more
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