I think it is save to assume that the government will never be required to refund the so-called “5%
miscellaneous offshore penalty” (which of course is not a penalty under
the law in the first place), pursuant to the very terms of the
Certification. The taxpayer waives ” . . . all defenses against and
restrictions on the assessment and collection of the [5%] miscellaneous
offshore penalty.” It is a one way street. The most troubling issue of this program for U.S. residents, is they are
agreeing to pay something that does not exist under the law and may
have no correlation with any income taxes owing; i.e., the so-called “5%
miscellaneous offshore penalty.” Why should a “good faith” taxpayer be
paying any portion of their principal to the government, if they made
an inadvertent mistake of what are typically very complex provisions in
the tax law?
I suspect we will see cases where the government will go after
(selectively) some taxpayers who enter into the streamlined process.
The cases they will select are the ones they think the taxpayer should
have gone in under the OVDP. That will be the determination of the
government, not the individual taxpayer; and hence can put the taxpayer
in further jeopardy.
http://tax-expatriation.com/2014/07/30/the-risks-to-uscs-and-lprs-filing-late-u-s-income-tax-returns-via-the-so-called-streamlined-process/
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