For more information on foreign account reporting, please see our May 2011 International Tax Bulletin, Foreign Accounts—Recent IRS Enforcement Activity and June 30th Reporting Deadline, also available in a printed, pdf version.

On June 17, 2011, the Internal Revenue Service released Notice 2011-54. Under this Notice, persons having signature authority over, but no financial interest in, a foreign financial account in 2009 or earlier calendar years for which the reporting deadline was extended by Notice 2009-62 or Notice 2010-23 will now have until November 1, 2011, to file FBARs (Forms TD F 90-22.1) with respect to those accounts.

However, the deadline for reporting signature authority over, or a financial interest in, foreign financial accounts for the 2010 calendar year remains June 30, 2011.

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