On June 16, 2011, the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS")
issued Notice 2011-54 ("Notice"), which extends to
November 1, 2011 the filing deadline for persons who had previously
deferred filing their Reports of Foreign Bank and Financial
Accounts ("FBARs") pursuant to IRS guidance issued in
Notice 2009-62 and Notice 2010-23, discussed
here and
here. Under the Notice, which is available here, individuals with signature authority but
no financial interest in a foreign financial account who had
properly deferred filing FBARs with respect to their foreign
financial accounts maintained during 2009 and earlier years now
have until November 1, 2011 to file such reports.
Two important notes regarding the Notice:
- The extension does not apply to FBARs for the 2010 year. The
June 30, 2011 deadline for FBARs for foreign financial accounts
maintained in 2010 is unchanged.
- The Notice does not affect the relief provided in FinCEN Notice 2011-1, discussed here, which extended by one year the June 30, 2011 deadline for a subset of individuals with signature authority but no financial interest in a foreign financial account.
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