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Forum: USA

Sep 3rd 2019, 7:00 pm

Replies: 28

Considering Super Commuting US>UK

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Posted By WorriedMary

Re: Considering Super Commuting US>UK

Hi Dave,

I was a university lecturer and thought I could do term time in the UK and the rest of the year in the US, which I did for several years whilst my boyfriend and later my husband was...

Forum: USA

Sep 3rd 2019, 2:09 pm

Replies: 28

Considering Super Commuting US>UK

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Posted By WorriedMary

Re: Considering Super Commuting US>UK

As someone who did ‘back and forth’ from the UK to the US for years under very similar circumstances, I would definitely advise against it, and there were no kids in the picture either, which I only...

Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas

Jul 23rd 2019, 2:29 pm

Replies: 9

Question Regarding my Citizenship Status

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Posted By WorriedMary

Re: Question Regarding my Citizenship Status

My husband is dual UK/US and has TS clearance. His citizenship application was accepted at 3 years post-Green Card rather than 5 so he could get clearance. This set of circumstances may only apply in...

Forum: USA

Jul 23rd 2019, 10:07 am

Replies: 27

Failed to declare foreign bank accounts and file FBAR. Now what?

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Posted By WorriedMary

Re: Failed to declare foreign bank accounts and file FBAR. Now what?

Thanks to everyone who has replied to this, both here and in DMs, you have really helped us.

We filled in the SDOP forms last night and we owe a grand total of $27 in back taxes. This weekend...

Forum: USA

Jul 22nd 2019, 4:16 pm

Replies: 27

Failed to declare foreign bank accounts and file FBAR. Now what?

Views: 4,979

Posted By WorriedMary

Re: Failed to declare foreign bank accounts and file FBAR. Now what?

No, they were small amounts of interest on monies earned legally and saved over a period of years before we moved to the US. Thanks, CC.

Forum: USA

Jul 22nd 2019, 11:54 am

Replies: 27

Failed to declare foreign bank accounts and file FBAR. Now what?

Views: 4,979

Posted By WorriedMary

Re: Failed to declare foreign bank accounts and file FBAR. Now what?

As I said, we are happy to use a lawyer if necessary. We’ve worked our we owe less than $100 in back taxes (plus the 5% penalty, of course). Would it be worth employing a lawyer for that?

Forum: USA

Jul 22nd 2019, 11:49 am

Replies: 27

Failed to declare foreign bank accounts and file FBAR. Now what?

Views: 4,979

Posted By WorriedMary

Re: Failed to declare foreign bank accounts and file FBAR. Now what?

You have to declare on the SDO that you have filed any necessary FBARs and stated when filing that you were doing so as part of the SDO

Forum: USA

Jul 22nd 2019, 11:45 am

Replies: 27

Failed to declare foreign bank accounts and file FBAR. Now what?

Views: 4,979

Posted By WorriedMary

Re: Failed to declare foreign bank accounts and file FBAR. Now what?

Now we have calmed down a lot, this is what we’re thinking too. Thanks

Forum: USA

Jul 21st 2019, 8:22 pm

Replies: 27

Failed to declare foreign bank accounts and file FBAR. Now what?

Views: 4,979

Posted By WorriedMary

Re: Failed to declare foreign bank accounts and file FBAR. Now what?

So I think we’re going to file ourselves. The forms look straightforward and we’ve set aside next weekend to complete them.

The only part we are concerned about is how to show non-wilfulness in...

Forum: USA

Jul 21st 2019, 6:32 pm

Replies: 27

Failed to declare foreign bank accounts and file FBAR. Now what?

Views: 4,979

Posted By WorriedMary

Re: Failed to declare foreign bank accounts and file FBAR. Now what?

Thank you Glasgow Girl. We are leaning towards doing our ourselves. It looks doable and as you say, if we have any problems we could always ring the IRS.

We were in a panic when we had the...

Forum: USA

Jul 21st 2019, 5:17 pm

Replies: 27

Failed to declare foreign bank accounts and file FBAR. Now what?

Views: 4,979

Posted By WorriedMary

Re: Failed to declare foreign bank accounts and file FBAR. Now what?

Thanks to all who responded, you’ve really put our minds at rest.

From some rough calculations we’ve just done, the outstanding tax on any interest we owe would be under $100 (plus the interest we...

Forum: USA

Jul 21st 2019, 8:42 am

Replies: 27

Failed to declare foreign bank accounts and file FBAR. Now what?

Views: 4,979

Posted By WorriedMary

Re: Failed to declare foreign bank accounts and file FBAR. Now what?

Thank you, this is very useful

Forum: USA

Jul 21st 2019, 8:41 am

Replies: 27

Failed to declare foreign bank accounts and file FBAR. Now what?

Views: 4,979

Posted By WorriedMary

Re: Failed to declare foreign bank accounts and file FBAR. Now what?

Was reading about the SDOP yesterday so it’s good to hear it may be for us.

Right now we just have a tiny amount of cash over a few bank accounts between us, no private pensions or anything else....

Forum: USA

Jul 20th 2019, 5:55 pm

Replies: 27

Failed to declare foreign bank accounts and file FBAR. Now what?

Views: 4,979

Posted By WorriedMary

Re: Failed to declare foreign bank accounts and file FBAR. Now what?

Thank you so much for responding. We intend to get this sorted as soon as possible.

Does anyone know how long things like this typically take? From filing to resolution?

Forum: USA

Jul 20th 2019, 4:15 pm

Replies: 27

Failed to declare foreign bank accounts and file FBAR. Now what?

Views: 4,979

Posted By WorriedMary

Failed to declare foreign bank accounts and file FBAR. Now what?

For some reason when my (UK citizen now dual UK/US) spouse first came over the the US, he thought “offshore accounts” when filing US referred to tax-free haven type things but we have just found out...

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