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ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION OF U.S. TAXES FROM NON-U.S. TAXPAYERS. Client/matter: 888060-00001/weinstein  \nGlenn Ross  \nASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION OF U.S. TAXES FROM NON-U.S. TAXPAY  \nERS.  \nTax Notes International Magazine  \nJUNE 27, 2005  \nCopyright © 2005 Tax Analysts  \nCite: 38 Tax Notes Int’l 1171  \nTax Notes Int’l, June 27, 2005, p. 1171 38 Tax Notes Int’l 1171 (June 27, 2005) See 2005 TNT 105-66  \nDepartment: ; News, Commentary, and Analysis; Practice Articles  \nSection: ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION OF U.S. TAXES FROM NON-U.S. TAXPAYERS.  \nLength: 9180 words  \nAuthor: Rubinger, Jeffrey L.; Weinstein, Andrew H. Holland & Knight LLP  \nGeographic: ; United States  \nReferences  \nSubject Area:  \nTax system administration issues;  \nReturn preparation;  \nIndividual income taxation  \nCode: (Section 6501--Limitations on Assessment)  \nBody  \nRelease Date: JUNE 01, 2005  \nby Jeffrey L . Rubinger and Andrew H . Weinstein Jeffrey L. Rubinger is an associate with Holland & Knight LLP in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Andrew H. Weinstein is a partner with Holland & Knight LLP in Miami.  \n* * * * * The U.S. Supreme Court once described the policy be  \nhind statutes of limitation as follows:  \n[Congress has regarded it as] ill-advised to have an income tax  \nsystem under which there would never come a day of final  \nsettlement and which required both the taxpayer and the  \nGovernment to stand ready forever and a day to produce  \nvouchers, prove events, establish values and recall details of  \nall that goes into an income tax contest . /1/ Section 6501(a) attempts to enforce that policy by providing as a general rule that the IRS has three years from the time a return is filed to assess ″any tax imposed by this title,″ which covers income, estate, gift, and excise taxes./2/ The statute of limitations on assessment may be extended to six years if the taxpayer omits more than 25 percent of its gross income from its return, or it maybe extended indefinitely if no return is filed./3/ A federal tax lien arises against all ″property or rights to property″ belonging to the taxpayer, if those taxes go unpaid./4/ That lien gives the IRS the ability to levy on all amounts that third parties owe to the taxpayer./5/  \nAlthough the operation of those rules is relatively straightforward in the purely domestic setting, their application is less clear when the taxpayer is a non-U.S. person. For example, does the filing of IRS Forms 1042,″Annual Withholding Tax Return for U.S. Source Income of Foreign Persons,″ and 1042-S, ″Foreign Person’s U.S. Source Income Subject to Withholding,″ by a withholding agent constitute the filing of a ″return″ of the foreign person and therefore start the running of the general three-year statute of limitations on assessment regarding that foreign person? Does the statute of limitations on  \nGlenn Ross  \nPage 2 of 11  \nASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION OF U.S. TAXES FROM NON-U.S. TAXPAYERS.  \nassessment remain open for assessing tax against a withholding agent when no withholding return (Form 1042) has been filed, even though the non-U.S. payee’s income tax liability cannot be assessed or collected because of the expiration of the statute of limitations on assessment or collection? Also, if the IRS does assess additional taxes against a foreign taxpayer that owns only foreign-situs assets, does the IRS have the ability to levy on those foreignsitus assets? This article will address those and other issues that arise in connection with attempts to assess and collect U.S. taxes from non-U.S. taxpayers./6/  \nStatute of Limitations on Assessment in General As noted above, section 6501(a) provides the general rule that ″the amount of any tax imposed by this title shall be assessed within 3 years after the return was filed.″ If the IRS fails to assess the tax within three years, it is not only prohibited from collecting the tax administratively by","cbCaiq5PwzyXUoT8","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiq5PwzyXUoT8","pdf",116555,"English","# Assessment and Collection Framework\n## Statute of Limitations on Assessment in General\n## Exceptions to the Three-Year Rule\n## Non-U.S. Taxpayer Applications\n## Withholding Returns and Return Definitions\n## Tax Liens and Levy on Foreign Situs Assets","[{\"question\":\"What does section 6501(a) generally require for assessing U.S. taxes?\",\"answer\":\"It provides that the IRS must assess the tax within three years after the return is filed.\"},{\"question\":\"When can the statute of limitations on assessment be extended or become indefinite?\",\"answer\":\"The limitations period may be extended to six years if more than 25% of gross income is omitted, and it may become indefinite for false returns, willful attempts to evade tax, or when no return is filed.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the article frame issues for non-U.S. persons regarding withholding forms and assessment timing?\",\"answer\":\"It questions whether filing IRS Forms 1042 and 1042-S by a withholding agent counts as a return for the foreign person and how assessment timelines apply when withholding returns are not filed.\"}]","ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION OF U.S. TAXES FROM NON-U.S. TAXPAYERS | PDF",1789800590]