In the wake of the UBS AG fallout and the closing of its Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Initiative on October 15, 2009, the IRS continues to wage its attack on offshore tax evasion. One IRS tactic is to issue an Information Document Request – or IDR – to taxpayers suspected of having unreported foreign bank accounts requesting documents and materials related to the foreign accounts. DC tax attorney Kevin Thorn discusses the potential for more IDRs to be issued as the result of information received by the IRS from UBS and the significant participation in the Voluntary Disclosure Initiative.

On September 21, 2009, the IRS announced that it has extended the deadline until October 15, 2009for U.S. taxpayers with previously undisclosed offshore accounts to come forward and participate in the IRS Offshore Settlement Initiative Program.  DC tax attorney Kevin Thorn of Thorn Law Group, PLLC said the extension is welcome, but cautions “taxpayers should not wait another three weeks to decide to come forward.”    

Thorn Law Group's Managing Partner, Kevin E. Thorn, urges taxpayers with undisclosed foreign accounts to come forward now to take advantage of the IRS settlement offer.

Thorn Law Group is counseling U.S. taxpayers on how to disclose their foreign accounts so as to, hopefully, avoid prosecution.