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PFIC Edge Cases: What Most Form 8621 Calculations Miss

By Edward Parsons, CPA · licensed since 2009 Key takeaways You got this far. You know the fund is a PFIC,

Form 8621 Filing Exceptions: Every One, and Where Each Stops

By Edward Parsons, CPA · licensed since 2009 Key takeaways You got this far. You know your fund is a PFIC,

Fund Mergers, Splits and Spin-Offs: PFIC Events That Don’t Look Like Sales

By Edward Parsons, CPA · licensed since 2009 Key takeaways You got this far. You know the fund is a PFIC,

Wash Sales and PFIC Shares: The Loss and Holding Period That Move

By Edward Parsons, CPA · licensed since 2009 Key takeaways You got this far. You know the fund is a PFIC.

PFIC Currency Translation: Spot Rates, Fund-Currency Math and Pence

By Edward Parsons, CPA · licensed since 2009 Key takeaways You got this far. You know your fund is a PFIC.

PFIC Losses: Why a Loss on One Block Doesn’t Offset a Gain on Another

By Edward Parsons, CPA · licensed since 2009 Key takeaways You got this far. You know your fund is a PFIC.

The PFIC Interest Charge: Daily Allocation, Top Rates, Daily Compounding

By Edward Parsons, CPA · licensed since 2009 Key takeaways You got this far. You know the fund is a PFIC,

The PFIC 125% Test, Block by Block

By Edward Parsons, CPA · licensed since 2009 Key takeaways You got this far. You know the fund is a PFIC

ISIN, Listing or Charter: What Makes a Fund Foreign for PFIC Purposes

By Edward Parsons, CPA · licensed since 2009 Key takeaways You got this far, so I’ll skip the basics. You know

PFIC Lot Tracking: Why Every Purchase Is Its Own Calculation

By Edward Parsons, CPA · licensed since 2009 Key takeaways You got this far. You know the fund is a PFIC.

Tainted and Clean PFIC Lots: One Fund, Two Tax Treatments

By Edward Parsons, CPA · licensed since 2009 Key takeaways You got this far. You know your fund is a PFIC,

The PFIC Start-Up Exception: When a New Fund’s First Year Doesn’t Count

By Edward Parsons, CPA · licensed since 2009 Key takeaways You got this far, so I’ll skip the basics. You know

Which Tax Software Supports Form 8621? The DIY Programs Compared

By Edward Parsons, CPA · licensed since 2009 Key takeaways People ask me which tax software to use for Form 8621,

Expat Tax Software and Form 8621: Expatfile, MyExpatTaxes and H&R Block Expat

By Edward Parsons, CPA · licensed since 2009 Key takeaways Living abroad changes which funds you can buy. The bank down

Cash App Taxes and Form 8621: Why “Small” Doesn’t Mean Simple

By Edward Parsons, CPA · licensed since 2009 Key takeaways Free tax software is built for straightforward returns, and most of

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FBAR for Australian Superannuation: Account Reporting Is Only the First Question

Australian superannuation accounts are generally reportable on the FBAR once your foreign accounts combined exceed $10,000, and

FBAR and Foreign Pension Accounts: When Retirement Accounts Are Still Reportable

Foreign pensions have no blanket FBAR answer. The retirement exceptions written into the rules cover U.S. IRAs

FBAR Penalties After Bittner: What Non-Willful Taxpayers Still Need To Understand

After Bittner v. United States, the non-willful FBAR penalty accrues per annual report, not per account: currently

FBAR and Streamlined Filing Compliance Procedures: How Foreign Account Mistakes Are Repaired

Update: the IRS has withdrawn the Delinquent FBAR Submission Procedures. The programme’s page on irs.gov now returns

I Reported the Foreign Income But Never Filed FBARs: Is That Non-Willful?

Update: the IRS has withdrawn the Delinquent FBAR Submission Procedures. The programme’s page on irs.gov now returns

I Filed FBAR But Did Not Report the Foreign Income: What Problem Do I Actually Have?

A complete and accurate FBAR stays valid even when foreign income was left off your tax return.

FBAR vs Form 8938 vs Form 8621: One Foreign Investment Account, Three Different Reporting Problems

One foreign investment account can trigger three separate U.S. reports. The FBAR (FinCEN Form 114) discloses the

FBAR and PFICs: If I Own Foreign Mutual Funds or ETFs, What Goes on the FBAR?

A foreign brokerage or investment account generally belongs on the FBAR at its highest value for the

FBAR Rules for Complicated Foreign Accounts: PFICs, Pensions, Entities, Trusts, Crypto, and Offshore Investments

The FBAR (FinCEN Form 114) is a Bank Secrecy Act report filed with FinCEN, not an IRS

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