Today TaxMama hears from B in Washington State, with this question. “If I have passive rental income of 0,000 from a business in Mexico that goes into a trust in Belize, am I required to report that on my 1040 in the US?
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I am a US citizen and live in the US 100% of the time.”
Dear B,
Bad news?
Yup! As an American, you are required to report your world-wide income. IRS has some delightful penalties they enjoy imposing on unreported income.
IRS doesn’t really recognize those ‘trusts’ as real entities.
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To IRS, the trust is just you.
https://www.irs.gov/businesses/article/0,,id=180946,00.html
These offshore ‘schemes’ (as IRS calls them) are expensive to set up. The real money is made by the promoters.
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In fact, you should probably be reporting the bank accounts using Form TD F 90-22.1.
https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f90221.pdf
Failure to disclose your offshore bank balances of $10,000 or more could just generate penalties of up to $500,000. Not a nice thing to happen, is it?
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https://www.irs.gov/irs/article/0,,id=184037,00.html
On the other hand, you’re probably paying taxes in Mexico. When you report the income in the US, the Mexican taxes you paid might just offset any U.S. taxes you would have to pay. You’ll probably break even, or come close to it. So, you can go straight – and not spend much in the process. Be careful.
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