The IRS-CI against Fitzgerald might work!
Mike Fitzgerald’s five children and his Widow Marisa Fitzgerald just might be willing to accept the new IRS Program, allowing them to come forward and co-operate in the IRS-CI Complaint filed by myself and MWR in May, 2011. Will it happen? Excellent changes!
IRS reviving program giving offshore tax cheats chance to come clean, pay penalties
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/irs-reviving-program-seeking-offshore-195102249.html
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Internal Revenue Service is reviving a program that lets Americans hiding their money abroad pay back taxes and penalties while avoiding criminal prosecution, an effort that in recent years has netted the government billions of dollars.
IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman, who announced the program's renewal Monday, said previous efforts in 2009 and 2011 resulted in the collection so far of $4.4 billion from 33,000 people, an amount he said "we never thought we'd reach." He said the government could reap several times that amount from the newest initiative plus people deciding against stashing their assets overseas in the first place.
"If we catch people before they come in voluntarily, it's going to be a much worse outcome for the taxpayer," Shulman told reporters.
Under the new program, those who voluntarily disclose their offshore holdings will face penalties of up to 27.5 percent of their assets, plus back taxes and interest for up to eight years. People whose money hidden abroad does not exceed $75,000 could face penalties of 12.5 percent, and others might face fines of even less.
The IRS bolstered its attempts to locate tax dodgers hiding their assets offshore in 2009, when the Swiss banking giant UBS AG paid a $780 million fine and surrendered information on thousands of accounts suspected of holding funds hidden there by Americans. The IRS has since taken steps such as opening new offices overseas…..