Some IRS Interpretations / Applications of OVDI 2011 (8/11/11)

A member of a group to which I belong has shared the following which are key items of his talk with an IRS Hotline OVDI person:

1. The 5%, 12% or 25% offshore penalty does not have to be submitted with the Submission Requirements that are due August 31.

2. The understatement of tax and related penalties thereon are due by August 31, but the interest on the tax and penalty does not have to be included. The IRS understands that most taxpayers don't have the capability to compute interest. If you attempt to compute the interest, then that is okay too.

3. The deadline to be precertified into the 2011 OVDI is August 31 (no extension available), but (as you know) the deadline for submitting the Submission Requirements can be extended, if request prior to August 31 and meet the elements in the 2011 OVDI Q&A number 25.1.

4. The Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Letter must be filed with Philadelphia to qualify for the 2011 OVDI, but you don't have to do both the precertified and the letter prior to August 31. Only one of the two needs to be done before August 31.  [SEE THE POST BELOW INDICATING THAT THE VDL MUST BE FILED BY THE EXTENDED DATE OF 9/9/11.]

See the post below of a comment dated 8/29/11:

Roy Berg said...

I just spoke with CI out of WA DC. The agent told me that the Voluntary Disclosure Letter MUST be filed with Philly by the (new) 9/9 deadline notwithstanding having made a timely pre-clearance request.