The FBAR deadline for Federal tax year 2019 update!

Author(s): Finan­cial Crimes Enforce­ment Net­work The fol­low­ing arti­cle first appeared in Fin­Cen, Thurs­day, Octo­ber 16 2020.

Oct 14, 2020
*** The FBAR dead­line for Fed­er­al tax year 2019 has been moved from 15 Oct 2020 to 31 Dec 2020 (ONLY FOR DISASTER AREAS). If you have any ques­tions regard­ing this notice, please con­tact the BSA E‑Filing Help Desk.

FinCEN Clarifies FBAR Extensions

Notice (Octo­ber 16, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. –– On Octo­ber 14, 2020, Fin­CEN post­ed an incor­rect mes­sage on its Bank Secre­cy Act (BSA) E‑Filing web­site. Fin­CEN removed it with­in 24 hours.  The mes­sage incor­rect­ly stat­ed there was a new fil­ing exten­sion until Decem­ber 31, 2020 for all fil­ers of Reports of For­eign Bank and Finan­cial Accounts (FBARs).  The exten­sion until Decem­ber 31, 2020, how­ev­er, is intend­ed only as an accom­mo­da­tion for vic­tims of recent nat­ur­al dis­as­ters cov­ered in FinCEN’s Octo­ber 6, 2020 notice ( Click Here ) Fin­CEN apol­o­gizes for the error and any con­fu­sion this has caused, and has coor­di­nat­ed with the IRS to address the con­cerns of fil­ers who may have missed their fil­ing dead­line due to the Octo­ber 14, 2020 mes­sage. Fil­ers who file their 2019 cal­en­dar year FBAR by Octo­ber 31, 2020 will be deemed to have time­ly filed.  As set out in the Octo­ber 6 notice, FBAR fil­ers impact­ed by recent nat­ur­al dis­as­ters con­tin­ue to have until Decem­ber 31, 2020 to file their FBARs.

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