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| Note: your use of these unofficial instructions is at your own risk. They might or might not result in a correct filing. | Note: your use of these unofficial instructions is at your own risk. They might or might not result in a correct filing. | ||
| - | Many US "persons", including legal entities such as corporations, are obliged to report on their foreign (non-US) bank (and other financial) accounts via [[https://bsaefiling1.fincen.treas.gov/PublicAccess|BSA E-Filing system]]. Starting with 2015, there's an [[http://bsaefiling.fincen.treas.gov/NoRegFBARFiler.html|online form]] that //individuals// can use to file FBAR. For other legal entities, a more complex system has to be used, and this system only supports Windows. In practice, though, filing is possible from other operating systems, albeit not without issues. Here's a combination of software versions that sort of works (as of June 2016): | + | Many US "persons", including legal entities such as corporations, are obliged to report on their foreign (non-US) bank (and other financial) accounts via [[https://bsaefiling1.fincen.treas.gov/PublicAccess|BSA E-Filing system]]. Starting with 2015, there's an [[http://bsaefiling.fincen.treas.gov/NoRegFBARFiler.html|online form]] that //individuals// can use to file FBAR. For other legal entities, a more complex system has to be used, and this system only supports Windows. In practice, though, filing is possible from other operating systems, albeit not without issues. ((It is possible to side-step this entire process with [[http://bsaefiling.fincen.treas.gov/NoRegFBARFiler.html|Idividuals Filing FBAR]] and choosing the **PDF Form** option. It should work with any Acrobat Reader v10 or greater. **Caveat**: you should register an account with FinCen.gov before submitting, so that you can check your filing status.)) Here's a combination of software versions that sort of works (as of June 2016): |
| * A moderately non-ancient Linux distro with 32-bit userland and a typical set of X desktop software and libraries installed | * A moderately non-ancient Linux distro with 32-bit userland and a typical set of X desktop software and libraries installed | ||