Hi,
I read a lot of things concerning FBAR forms etc. but it's still not clear for me if I have to declare my foreign bank account or not in the US.
I am French, working in the US since January 2019 under a J1 visa. My husband is a J2 and I did our tax return this year but we didn't know that foreign bank accounts have to be declared... We have been more than 180 days in the US so we are considered as non-resident for part of the year, and resident for tax purpose for the rest of the year. Did we have to file a FBAR form or any other form related to foreign bank accounts?
We have to do a tax return in our respective countries too and I have to declare those accounts and interests received in France already. Moreover, those accounts are money that I earned before coming to the US, so it didn't come to my mind that I should have done it here too... If I had to...
If I had to, is there an option to do it now without penalties? I lost and super stressed now.
