Filing 8938 with submitted 3520

[Mkpk567]

I'm seeing plenty of discussions here when it comes to filing a 8938 after having filed a 3520 specifically for folks who held a foreign bank account. However, what if no foreign bank account was ever owned and the money from a foreign person was wired directly to a US bank account?

My father in-law (non-US citizen) had wired my wife (US citizen) over $100K as gift money to her US bank account. Hence, we've filed and submitted our 3520 but I'm having trouble confirming whether we need to also file a 8938 when we've never held any foreign financial assets or bank accounts.

[DaveF1006 · Accepted solution]

No. You do not need to file a 8938 unless you own foreign-specified assets, which includes a bank account. If your wife, did not own an account in her name overseas, you don't need to file 8938.