Cash Deposit

Dameon

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How much cash can I legally deposit in my account without being suspicious? Please help me. Thank you.
 

Hipster2U

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http://www.ehow.com/info_8049309_much-account-before-report-irs.html

The IRS requires banks to report, using Form 8300, any cash bank deposit of $10,000 or more in value. If a customer deposits more than $10,000 into his account in separate transactions over a 24-hour period, the bank must count all the deposits as one transaction for reporting requirements. If a bank suspects a depositor is placing money at regular intervals into an account to avoid reporting, the institution also must report these transactions to the IRS.
 

suTraGrow

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$9999 with out raising any red flags federally. Personally i wouldn't deposit over $8500 at one given time.
 

WRussian

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$9999 with out raising any red flags federally. Personally i wouldn't deposit over $8500 at one given time.
This is technically true but do know that your bank can decide to file a report with the IRS for ANYTHING they feel is out of the norm for you. If you don't make large deposits often, set up accounts with different banks and deposit smaller amounts.
 

JJFOURTWENTY

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$9999 with out raising any red flags federally. Personally i wouldn't deposit over $8500 at one given time.
^What he said. My fed credit union was way cool with me when I came by with a load of dough one day. The MILF clerk actually divvied up the money in 9k increments for me without even being asked to do so!
 

kbo ca

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my wife is a bank manager. They report 5000 and above to the irs. This is standard with all banks in the US
 

forgetfulpenguin

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Rule #1: Don't fuck with the IRS!

Once you put illegally gotten money into the bank you have just created a paper trail.
BINGO!

Unless you can explain the source of the money, putting it in the bank is shooting yourself in foot. Any deposit that cannot be fully explained is suspicious. Even spending the cash is suspicious if you cannot explain it. Bullets and the FBI couldn't stop Capone but the IRS put him away! He even had the good sense not to put his illegal booze money in the bank.

http://www.accountingweb.com/item/104748
It's been 77 years since Al Capone was prosecuted, and now the IRS is releasing documents about the country's most celebrated tax evasion case. The documents reveal the extreme lengths federal agents were willing to go to bring down Chicago's most notorious crime boss, even sending one knowledgeable bookkeeper to South America for safekeeping.

"The evidence shows the IRS agents really did get out of the office and track down this accountant and really put the screws to him to get him to testify," Chicago author Jonathan Elg told the Chicago Sun-Times.
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Bloomberg.com quoted one memo as saying, "Al Capone never had a bank account and only on one occasion could it be found where he ever endorsed a check, all of his financial transactions being made in currency. Agents were unable to find where he ever purchased any securities, therefore, any evidence secured had to be developed through the testimony of associates or others, which, through fear of personal injury, or loyalty, was most difficult to obtain."
URL malformed to keep the IRS from knowing they are being linked to from RIU
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Gyroscope

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my wife is a bank manager. They report 5000 and above to the irs. This is standard with all banks in the US
I know a guy that works at a bank and he told me the same thing about 3 years ago. He said that they report withdrawls of 5,000 too.
 

Totoe

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All good stuff. If you just have to put your money into a bank to feel safe about it and are worried about IRS reporting/paper trails, get a safe deposit box and keep all your cash in there. Only downside is you can only access it during regular banking hours, oh and it is uninsured by the FDIC. Otherwise get a fireproof safe and hide it somewhere.
 

dank smoker420

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All good stuff. If you just have to put your money into a bank to feel safe about it and are worried about IRS reporting/paper trails, get a safe deposit box and keep all your cash in there. Only downside is you can only access it during regular banking hours, oh and it is uninsured by the FDIC. Otherwise get a fireproof safe and hide it somewhere.
if a bank shut down and or something happened would they keep what is in the saftey deposit boxes?
 

Totoe

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What happens to my safe deposit box if my bank fails?
When an insured bank or thrift closes, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) usually arranges for another institution to take it over, including branches where you might have a safe deposit box. In those situations, you should be able to conduct business as usual. If the FDIC cannot find a buyer for your bank, it arranges for you to remove the contents of your safe deposit box so you can obtain a box at another institution, if you wish. This is done within a few days after the bank fails.
but like I was pointing out with the hours available to access a box etc. It is a method prone to failure as well, but for storing some extra cash you dont want questions about it could do in a pinch. Otherwise do like I said go and get a fireproof safe and hide it somewhere; your house, a storage unit, bury it in the ground and make a map to where you buried it, start a second business and launder your funds through a lucrative primarily cash business such as a barber shop, shoe shine, lawn service, etc.
 

Totoe

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I should probably add to not let the FDIC involvement fool you. The contents of the box are not insured by them just the FDIC will either itself or contract with another bank to make sure the contents of the box get to you. If by the very slim chance you live in a batman movie and bank robbers actually have the time and inclination to go through the crap shoot of robbing the safe deposit boxes everything you lost will be unreplaceable.
 

cropz

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Honestly the bank will be inclined to inform the irs if an usually large sum is deposited(even if under 10k), especially if a trend starts happening.
 
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