FinCEN Beneficial Ownership Information Reporting Rule

August 15, 2023By Evelyn Fernandez, CPA, MST

Starting January 1, 2024, business owners will face additional reporting requirements enforced by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), in compliance with the Corporate Transparency Act’s (CTA) Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) Reporting Rule. On September 29, 2022, FinCEN issued a final rule requiring specific companies to report the BOI effective January 1, 2024. The reporting Read the full article…

Changes in Reporting Requirements for Foreign-Owned Domestic Disregarded Entities

March 22, 2021By Evelyn Fernandez, CPA, MST

Foreign-owned domestic disregarded entities have not had filing requirements in the past unless an election was made to treat it as a corporation, known as “check the box.” Disregarded entities are most commonly single-member LLC (SMLLC). Generally, income tax and reporting requirements would not be reported separately. Rather, they would have been reportable on the Read the full article…

Expatriation Exit Tax

February 24, 2021By Evelyn Fernandez, CPA, MST

US citizens living abroad and foreign nationals residing in the US are renouncing their citizenship in a record-breaking fashion. During the first three quarters of 2020, the IRS published 5,045 individuals who have made the ultimate decision to expatriate and formally cut ties with the United States. This amount is significantly higher than the numbers Read the full article…

Foreign-Derived Intangible Income (FDII) Can Increase Cash Flow for Manufacturing Companies and Distributors with Global Operations

September 10, 2020By Evelyn Fernandez, CPA, MST

This is a preview of one of the articles in the new KROST Quarterly Manufacturing Issue, titled “Foreign-Derived Intangible Income (FDII) Can Increase Cash Flow for Manufacturing Companies and Distributors with Global Operations” by Evelyn Fernandez, CPA, MST. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) included several tax changes relating to the US taxation of Read the full article…

The Basics of Virtual Currency

June 1, 2018By Evelyn Fernandez, CPA, MST

We recently published our new KROST Quarterly Magazine which is packed full of articles and insider knowledge focusing on tech topics. Here is an excerpt from the article “The Basics of Virtual Currency” by Tax Director Evelyn Fernandez, CPA and Tax Staff Justin Ha: “On March 25, 2014, the IRS released Notice 24-21 detailing how Read the full article…

Reporting Foreign Accounts

February 6, 2018By Evelyn Fernandez, CPA, MST

Nowadays, it is not uncommon for taxpayers to have bank accounts and investments held in different countries. While there is nothing wrong with this, it is important to make sure you are in compliance with US tax filings with respect to foreign accounts and investments in order to avoid getting hit with penalties. There are Read the full article…