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.
$9999 with out raising any red flags federally. Personally i wouldn't deposit over $8500 at one given time.
$9999 with out raising any red flags federally. Personally i wouldn't deposit over $8500 at one given time.
Once you put illegally gotten money into the bank you have just created a paper trail.
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."
my wife is a bank manager. They report 5000 and above to the irs. This is standard with all banks in the US
if a bank shut down and or something happened would they keep what is in the saftey deposit boxes?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.