🔒 Confidential Penalty Estimate

How Much Would SDOP Actually Save You?

Enter your highest foreign account balances and see how the IRS Streamlined Domestic Offshore Procedures compare to what the IRS would charge if they discovered your accounts first. Confidential. Takes 60 seconds.

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Tajma Qorri, international tax specialist
Tajma Qorri 10+ Yrs Int'l Tax · AICPA Member

SDOP 5% Penalty Calculator

Enter the highest aggregate balance in your foreign financial accounts for each of the last six years. The SDOP penalty is 5% of the single highest year.

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This estimate is for educational purposes only. Your actual penalty depends on individual facts and IRS review.

Your SDOP Penalty
$0
One-time 5% penalty on highest year balance
If the IRS Finds You
$0
Potential willful FBAR penalties + accuracy penalties
Your Potential Savings
$0
By coming forward voluntarily through SDOP

Your Detailed Penalty Breakdown

Based on the balances you provided, here is how the numbers compare.

Penalty Type Amount

If the IRS Finds You First

Willful FBAR penalties (6 yrs) $0
Accuracy-related penalties $0
Late filing penalties $0
Total exposure $0

With SDOP

5% miscellaneous offshore penalty $0
Additional penalties $0
Criminal risk None
Total cost $0

Your Next Steps

  1. Book a free 15-minute triage call with Tajma to confirm whether the Streamlined Procedures fit your situation.
  2. Receive a written analysis ($750) that maps your exact filing package, program eligibility, and flat fee. This is credited in full if you engage.
  3. Everything gets filed: three years of amended returns, six years of FBARs, all required international forms, the 5% penalty computation, and the non-willfulness certification.

What Are the Streamlined Domestic Offshore Procedures?

The IRS created SDOP as a path for U.S. taxpayers who failed to report foreign financial accounts and income to come into compliance with reduced penalties and no criminal prosecution risk.

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What Gets Filed

Three years of amended or delinquent federal tax returns, six years of FBARs (FinCEN 114), all required international information returns (Forms 5471, 8938, 3520, 8621), and a sworn non-willfulness certification.

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The 5% Penalty

Instead of facing penalties of up to 50% of account balances per year plus accuracy-related and late-filing penalties, SDOP caps your total offshore penalty at 5% of the highest aggregate balance across the six-year FBAR period. One payment, once.

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Confidential Process

Streamlined submissions are processed by a dedicated IRS unit. There is no public disclosure. The filing does not automatically trigger an audit, and the IRS has stated that examination rates for streamlined submissions are comparable to regular returns.

Who Qualifies for SDOP?

The Streamlined Domestic Offshore Procedures are available to U.S. taxpayers residing in the United States who can certify that their failure to report was non-willful.

You likely qualify if:

  • You are a U.S. citizen, green card holder, or resident who filed U.S. tax returns
  • You have unreported foreign bank accounts, investment accounts, or financial assets
  • Your failure to report was not deliberate (you did not know about the requirement, relied on a prior preparer, or simply overlooked it)
  • You have not been contacted by the IRS about the unreported accounts
  • You resided in the U.S. during the relevant tax years

SDOP may not be right if:

  • You deliberately concealed accounts or income from the IRS
  • You are currently under IRS examination or criminal investigation
  • You lived outside the U.S. for most of the relevant years (SFOP may apply instead)
  • You previously submitted a streamlined filing and have new unreported accounts

Not sure if you qualify?

A free 15-minute call with Tajma will clarify whether SDOP, SFOP, or another path fits your facts.

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How the Process Works

From first call to filed submission, most engagements complete in 8 to 12 weeks. Here is the path.

Free Triage Call

A confidential 15-minute call with Tajma. She confirms whether the Streamlined Procedures fit your facts and which accounts, years, and forms are involved.

Written Analysis

A $750 Offshore Compliance Analysis maps your program eligibility, the exact filing package, and a flat fee quote. Credited in full when you engage.

Preparation

Three years of amended returns, six years of FBARs, all international forms, the 5% penalty computation, and the non-willfulness certification are prepared.

Filing

Everything is reviewed with you and filed with the IRS. The streamlined submission resolves all past non-compliance in a single package.

Ready to Fix This, Quietly and Correctly?

Most people carry this problem for years because they do not know where to start. Start with a free, confidential 15-minute call with Tajma.

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