Amnesty Deadline Extended for Offshore Accounts

Amnesty Deadline Extended for Offshore Accounts

The NYTimes.com is reporting that the IRS is extending its amnesty program to October 14, 2009.

…The so-called voluntary disclosure program, which began in March as a way of luring American clients of the Swiss bank UBS out of the woodwork, has attracted 3,000 taxpayers so far, compared with just 80 last year…

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