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Panama Papers 10th Anniversary: U.S. Tax Implications, IRS Results & Compliance Lessons For American Taxpayers

April 2026 marks the 10th anniversary of the Panama Papers, one of the largest data leaks in history. The leak exposed how wealthy individuals and entities used offshore shell companies, trusts, and other structures for secrecy, tax planning, and potential IRS tax evasion.

United States Tax

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Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.

DOI Announces Plans To Revise BOEM Rule Requiring Additional Bonding

The US Department of the Interior (DOI) has announced plans to revise the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management's (BOEM) 2024 Risk Management and Financial Assurance Rule for offshore oil and gas operations.

United States Energy

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Jones Walker

Legal Update: New British Virgin Islands Laws For Virtual Asset Service Providers

The British Virgin Islands (BVI) is a well-established offshore financial centre, with over 500,000 registered BVI Business companies. In recent years...

United States Finance

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Sterlington PLLC

Hope Is Not A Strategy And Three Other Things I Learned From The Legendary Bob Popeo

Many of you have asked me to tell you a story about Bob Popeo, one of the greatest lawyers of the modern era.

United States Commercial

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Mintz

Comprehensive Modernisation For Luxembourg Funds And Their Managers

United States Finance

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Goodwin Procter LLP

I.R.S. Placing Watchdog Agents In International Financial Centers

United States Technology

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Ruchelman PLLC

Jurisdictional Enforcement Trends

Worldwide Finance

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Duff and Phelps

U.S. Supreme Court Refuses To Hear Challenge To FATCA

United States Tax

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Stikeman Elliott LLP

The End Is Near: Correcting Offshore Tax Problems Before And After IRS Closes Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program On September 28, 2018

United States Tax

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Duane Morris LLP

How The Super Reforms Impact US Expats

United States Tax

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Moodys Private Client Law LLP

The Dirty Dozen – Top Concerns For 2017

United States Tax

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Dentons

Brattle Report Highlights The Economic Impact Of The Offshore Affiliate Reinsurance Tax

United States Insurance

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The Brattle Group, Inc.

IRS Issues Final Regulations On PFICs

United States Tax

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Grant Thornton LLP

IRS Issues Regulations Limiting Creditability Of Foreign Income Taxes Following Covered Asset Acquisitions

United States Tax

GT

Grant Thornton LLP

For Whom The Discovery Tolls: Your Privacy Notice May Help Time-Bar Website Wiretapping Claims

United States Privacy

FR

Fox Rothschild LLP

401(k) And IRA Contribution Limits For 2026: Retirement Savings, Adjustments For Inflation, And SECURE 2.0 Changes American Taxpayers Must Know About

United States Tax

RS

Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.

Federal Circuit: Priority Document That 'Broadly Outlines' Possible Structures Fails To Provide Adequate Written Description Support For Subgenus Of Linkers In Antibody-Drug Conjugate

United States IP

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Foreign Sovereign Immunity In International Construction

United States Litigation

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JAMS

What Every Multinational Should Know About…Managing The Aftermath Of The Supreme Court's IEEPA Tariff Decision (Part I)

United States International

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Foley & Lardner

What is Willfulness? The Streamlined Disclosure Program And What We Know

U.S. taxpayers with unreported foreign accounts or assets are in an increasingly precarious position.

United States Tax

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Hanson Bridgett LLP

2017 US Tax Filing News

As we head into a new year, some tax reporting news to keep in mind.

United States Tax

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Dentons

The High Cost Of Being Noncompliant With The Internal Revenue Code

The IRS currently offers the following five programs for noncompliant taxpayers: (i) the Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program (OVDP), (ii) Streamlined Domestic Offshore Procedures...

United States Tax

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Holland & Knight

Transfer Payments For Offshored Patents Can Invite IRS Scrutiny And Hinder Patent Damages Claims

Tax inversions and the offshoring of intellectual property by U.S. companies grew from an arcane tax law subject to a popular election year issue this autumn.

United States IP

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Fenwick

CRS Readiness And Other Regulatory Challenges Ahead

United States Tax

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DMS Governance Ltd

CPO/CTA Settles NFA Charges Regarding Operation Of Offshore Pool Funds

United States Finance

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Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Data Protection And The Swiss – DOJ Settlement Program

United States Tax

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Dentons

Leak Of 1.3 Million Files From Bahamas Corporate Registry Provides Yet Another Starting Point For Government Investigations

United States Tax

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Dentons

Deadline For Jurisdictions To Have An IGA In Effect

United States Tax

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TMF Group BV

EC Rules That Apple Received Illegal State Aid Under Irish Tax Rulings - Orders Recovery Of Up To €13 Billion

European Union Tax

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Jones Day

IRS Provides Update On Jurisdictions That Have An IGA In Effect With The U.S.

United States Tax

GT

Grant Thornton LLP

IRS Updates FATCA FAQs

United States Tax

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McDermott Will & Emery

Facebook Battles IRS In Summons Enforcement Case

United States Tax

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McDermott Will & Emery

Next Up: Singapore? Summonses Could Hit More Global Financial Institutions

United States Tax

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Dentons

IRS Provides Update On Jurisdictions That Have An IGA In Effect With The U.S.

The IRS recently issued Announcement 2016-27, which provides guidance on which jurisdictions are treated as if they have an intergovernmental agreement (IGA) in effect...

United States Tax

GT

Grant Thornton LLP

IRS Updates FATCA FAQs

The GIIN assigned as a result of this registration option then instructs IDES to route transmissions directly to the IRS.

United States Tax

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McDermott Will & Emery

Facebook Battles IRS In Summons Enforcement Case

Facebook is in a protracted battle with the IRS related to its off-shoring of IP to an Irish affiliate. The IRS issued an administrative summons for the documents, and Facebook has refused to comply.

United States Tax

MW

McDermott Will & Emery

Next Up: Singapore? Summonses Could Hit More Global Financial Institutions

A recent summons showdown with UBS shows that DOJ and the IRS are far from done with offshore enforcement efforts, and are expanding those efforts beyond Europe.

United States Tax

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Dentons

The Panama Papers And The Voluntary Disclosure Conundrum

United States Tax

AO

A&O Shearman

Cayman Islands FATCA/CRS Compliance Deadlines (2016)

Cayman Islands investment entities are currently subject to three separate regimes relating to financial account information reporting: U.S. FATCA, U.K. FATCA and the OECD Common Reporting Standard (CRS).

United States Tax

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Foley Hoag LLP

What Founders Should Know About Tax Planning For An Exit

Founders who plan to sell their company invariably ask their tax advisers about the possibility of reducing the tax cost of the sale. When they do, founders invariably learn that a lot of factors affect the amount of tax they must pay, and when they must pay it.

United States Tax

FR

Fox Rothschild LLP

US FATCA: Sponsoring And Sponsored Foreign Financial Institutions (FFIs)

FATCA requires sponsored entities (including those governed by an IGA) to have their own Global Intermediary Identification Number (GIIN) for FATCA reporting and withholding purposes by 31 December, 2016.

United States Finance

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Harneys

Postcard From The Alternative Asset Summit 2015, Las Vegas

Harneys was recently offered a fantastic speaking and sponsorship opportunity by the organisers of the 2015 Alternative Asset Summit in Las Vegas.

United States Finance

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Harneys

BVI FATCA Compliance Deadlines Extended

United States Tax

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Foley Hoag LLP

Taxpayer Advocate Recommends Ways For IRS To Simplify Foreign Asset Reporting

United States Tax

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BakerHostetler

BSI Account Holders Now Face 50 Percent Penalty On All Undisclosed Offshore Accounts

United States Tax

HK

Holland & Knight

Alternative Offshore Outsourcing Structures - February 2015

United States Media & IT

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Morrison & Foerster LLP

FATCA Primer For Non-Financial Enterprises

United States Tax

MW

McDermott Will & Emery

New Developments On International Automatic Financial Information Exchange And Disclosure

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Proskauer Rose LLP

Switzerland Announces Intention To Change From Model 2 IGA To Model 1

United States Tax

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BakerHostetler

FATCA And The LMA: A Change Of Approach

United States Tax

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Milbank LLP

United States And Brazil Sign FATCA Intergovernmental Agreement

United States Tax

AO

A&O Shearman

International Tax Alert - FATCA - Fund Managers: Be Aware Of Upcoming Deadlines

United States Tax

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Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP

Does The Increased Fee For Renouncing US Citizenship Indicate A Change In Attitude Toward Expatriates?

United States Tax

MP

Moodys Private Client Law LLP

U.S. Tax Developments Affecting Financial Institutions And Products

United States Tax

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Fenwick

FATCA Implications For Offshore Investment Funds And Their US Investment Managers

United States Tax

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Withers LLP

Estate Planning Update - July 2014

United States Tax

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Day Pitney LLP

The Inversion Craze: Will Today's Routine Tax Planning Be Retroactively Outlawed?

United States Tax

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Morrison & Foerster LLP

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