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9/2021

Court Upholds Higher IRS Penalty on Late Filing of Forms 3520 and 3520-A

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    Jennie Cherry
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    George N. Harris, Jr.

On 28 July 2021, the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit handed down its decision in Wilson v United States:

“when an individual is both the sole owner and beneficiary of a foreign trust and fails to timely report distributions she received from the trust, the government has the authority under the IRC [Internal Revenue Code] to impose a 35% penalty.” Download.

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