The FBAR is used to report foreign bank and financial accounts. The term 'financial accounts' is very broad and involves all different types of foreign accounts — including retirement plans.
Summary: 1) IRS instructions for 1040 say to report Foreign Pensions on 1040 lines 5a and 5b.
Form 1040: Reporting Foreign Pension Income as Taxable Income. All foreign pension income, unless explicitly exempted by a tax treaty, must be included in gross income on your Form 1040. Here's how this works: Line 4a or 4b on Form 1040: Foreign pension distributions are reported on these lines as pension income.
SAN JOSE MARKET PENSION PLAN is a DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN. This type of plan generally provides participants with a monthly retirement benefit upon reaching a specific age and may be adjusted for early retirement.
Line 4a or 4b on Form 1040: Foreign pension distributions are reported on these lines as pension income. The general rule is to report the total amount of foreign pension income on Line 4a and any taxable portion on Line 4b.
Report on line 11500 of your return, in Canadian dollars, the total amount of your foreign pension income received in the tax year. Attach a note to your paper return identifying the type of pension you received and the country it came from. You may be able to claim up to $2,000 on line 31400.
ERISA also does not cover plans maintained outside the United States primarily for the benefit of nonresident aliens or unfunded excess benefit plans.
In General California residents are taxed on ALL income, including income from sources outside California. Therefore, a pension attributable to services performed outside California but received after you became a California resident is taxable in its entirety by California.
If you earned foreign income abroad, you report it to the U.S. on IRS Form 1040. In addition, you may also have to file a few other international tax forms relating to foreign earnings, like your FBAR (FinCEN Form 114) and FATCA Form 8938.