After Bittner, is the non-willful FBAR penalty per account or per year?
I had several foreign accounts and missed a few years of FBARs. I've read scary things about $10,000 per account adding up fast. Did the Bittner Supreme Court case change that for non-willful cases, and is there any cap on the total?
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