What is the Foreign Exchange Rate for FBAR 2022 IRS Filing

FBAR Department of Treasury Exchange Rates 2022

FBAR Department of Treasury Exchange Rates 2022

FBAR Department of Treasury Exchange Rates 2022: Each year, the Department of Treasury publishes its updated foreign income exchange rates. While Taxpayers are not required to use these exchange rates, oftentimes the Department of Treasury Exchange rates are used for translating currency on forms such as the FBAR (FinCEN Form 114) and IRS Form 8938 (Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act) — the latter of which is filed with the IRS.

How to Convert to USD

As provided by FinCEN:

• Monetary amounts: When recording the maximum value of accounts, record all amounts as U.S. Dollar amounts rounded up to the next whole dollar. The amount $15,265.25 would be recorded as $15,266. The maximum value of the account can be determined using the following steps.NOTE: After determining the value of the account, as described below, if the value results in a negative (minus) value, enter zero (0) in item 15, “Maximum account value.”

  • Step 1. Determine the maximum value of each account (in the currency of that account) during the calendar year being reported. The maximum value of an account is a reasonable approximation of the greatest value of currency or nonmonetary assets in the account during the calendar year. Periodic account statements may be relied on to determine the maximum value of the account, provided that the statements fairly reflect the maximum account value during the calendar year. For Item 15, if the filer had a financial interest in more than one account, each account must be valued separately. For an account denominated in U.S. Dollars, the maximum value of the account is the largest U.S. Dollar value of the account during the report year. 

  • Step 2. In the case of non-United States currency, convert the maximum account value for each account into United States dollars. Convert foreign currency by using the Treasury’s Financial Management Service rate (http://www.fiscal.treasury.gov/fsreports/rpt/treasRptRateExch/treasRptRateExch_home.htm ) for the last day of the calendar year.

  • If no Treasury Financial Management Service rate is available, use another verifiable exchange rate and provide the source of that rate. In valuing currency of a country that uses multiple exchange rates, use the rate that would apply if the currency in the account were converted into United States dollars on the last day of the calendar year. 

  • If the maximum account value of a single account or aggregate of the maximum account values of multiple accounts exceeds $10,000, an FBAR must be filed. An FBAR is not required to be filed if the person did not have $10,000 of maximum value or aggregate maximum value in foreign financial accounts at any time during the calendar year.

Department Treasury 2022 FBAR Exchange Rate

Please see the Department of Treasury Exchange Rates for 2022:

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