jmalayeto
New Member

Deductions & credits

I have the same concern and what I have found is this:

 

A financial account is foreign when it is located outside of the United States, which includes the following places: 

United States, including the District of Columbia;

United States territories and possessions, such as:

  1. Commonwealth Northern Mariana Islands 
  2. District of Columbia o American Samoa
    Guam o Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
  3. United States Virgin Islands
  4. Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands

Therefore, according to this if you have a bank account in a bank located in Puerto Rico, it counts as a foreign bank account for FBAR purposes. 

 

Source: https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-utl/IRS_FBAR_Reference_Guide.pdf