(a) assuming that you are asking about wire transfer between a "Foreign" bank account owned by you and a "Domestic " bank account , these transfers ( inward or outward ) are not tax events -- not requiring any reporting directly to the IRS. However your US bank ( participating in this / these transaction(s) will raise SAR ( Suspicious Activity Report ) as a matter of course and usually nothing come of it -- if the amount is US$10,000 or more.

(b) Because you have foreign Finacial account you do come under the regs. FBAR ( form 114 at FinCen.gov ) and /or FATCA ( form 8938 along with your Federal Return ).

(c) If the amount being transferred is large ( I think it is like a 1M or more ) you may need US Treasury awareness/ permission. Equally, the Foreign country may also impose controls on outflow of US$

(d) The transaction(s) cannot be with a sanctioned country / entity etc.

I don't know how much of this is applicable to your situation.

Is there more one of us can do for you ?

jdjz9705Author

Good point about the FBAR. Thanks! Would you know if there is a window limit of the incoming $10k per transaction? Let's say should it be annually, or monthly would be fine?

Opus 17

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@jdjz9705 wrote:

Good point about the FBAR. Thanks! Would you know if there is a window limit of the incoming $10k per transaction? Let's say should it be annually, or monthly would be fine?

Don't muck around, just do what you need to do.

Any transaction more than $10,000 is reported to the IRS. It's just for reporting and tracking purposes. If you are afraid your transactions might look funny, there's really nothing you can do to look "less suspicious". And in fact, structuring your transactions to fly under the radar (making 3 transfers of $5000 instead of one transfer of $15,000, for example) can constitute a separate crime called "structuring" even if the underlying transaction is perfectly legal.

Also, there is another reporting rule that @pk12_2 did not mention. If you receive more than $100,000 from a foreign person or more than $17,000 from a foreign corporation, that must also be reported.

It;s not clear who you are transferring money back and forth to and from (your own accounts in foreign countries or other people or businesses) and it is not clear the dollar amount.)

Just stick to your own business and don't monkey around. Trying to play games can make it worse.