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Old Aug 18, 2010 | 7:04 am
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Originally Posted by bankops

2. The State Department, NOT the IRS, requires that you declare any account outside of the US where the average balance exceeds $10k.
For US persons with foreign accounts having an aggregate value of $10,000 at any time during the calendar year, the foreign bank and financial accounts report is required by the IRS:

http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/...148849,00.html
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