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The document provides detailed instructions for Form 8938, which is used to report specified foreign financial assets by U.S. taxpayers. It outlines who must file the form, the reporting thresholds based on marital status and residency, and the types of foreign financial assets that need to be reported. The document also includes information on penalties for non-compliance, exceptions to reporting requirements, and specific instructions for completing the form.

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What is the income limit for form 8938?

Form 8938 Filing Thresholds Single Living inside the US $50,000 on the last day of the year or $75,000 at any point during the year Living outside US $200,000 on the last day of the year or $300,000 at any point during the year Mar 12, 2025

What happens if I have more than $100,000 in a foreign bank account?

Under the Bank Secrecy Act, U.S. taxpayers must report their overseas bank accounts and financial assets, even if those assets do not generate taxable income. You must report any account with more than $10,000, or if your combined accounts have a total value greater than $10,000.

What must be reported on form 8938?

Use Form 8938 to report your specified foreign financial assets if the total value of all the specified foreign financial assets in which you have an interest is more than the appropriate reporting threshold.

What is the $50 000 fatca threshold?

Who Needs to Comply With FATCA? Form 8938 needs to be filed by any American taxpayer with financial assets totaling $50,000 or more. Those assets may be in a bank account or may be in stocks, bonds, and other financial instruments.

What is the total maximum value for form 8938?

You do not have to file Form 8938. You do not satisfy the reporting threshold of more than $50,000 on the last day of the tax year or more than $75,000 at any time during the tax year. I am not married and do not live abroad.

Do I have to file both form 8938 and FBAR?

Depending on your situation, you may be required to file Form 8938 or the FBAR or both forms, and certain foreign accounts may be required to be reported on both forms.

What is the filing threshold for MFS 8938?

Form 8938 filing thresholds Aggregate value of all specified foreign financial assets on last day of the tax year is more than: Unmarried taxpayers living in the U.S $50,000 Married taxpayers filing a joint return and living in the U.S. $100,000 Married taxpayers filing separate returns and living in the U.S. $50,0003 more rows

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