While the IRS had sent Economic Impact Payments to more than half a million Americans resident outside of the U.S. by early May, and is thought to have delivered thousands more over the two months since then, significant problems remain for some expats, according to the American Citizens Abroad's executive director, Marylouise Serrato...

Wealth management experts for London-based Dunhill Financial and Rome’s Valiant Wealth say that Americans looking for “la dolce vita” in Italy might well find it there at the moment, if they're prepared to take an organized approach in choosing – ideally in advance – where exactly in Italy they will live, and how they structure their finances.

Dunhill Financial, the Brian Dunhill-founded wealth management company that specializes in looking after Americans in the UK and Europe, will host a free webinar on Wednesday, June 24, for Americans living in Italy, or who are planning to.

LaShell (Shelly) Tinder, who is the American Citizens Abroad's June Podcast interview subject and today the treasurer of Families in Global Transition, knows a bit about being part of a family in the process of globally transitioning. 

According to her profile on the Families in Global Transition website, she was an "accompanying spouse" for 11 years, and "raised three TCKs" (Third Culture Kids), born in the U.S., Belgium and Venezuela...

The American Citizens Abroad has posted the second part of its TaxCast podcast featuring an interview with Caroline Ciraolo, a partner of Kostelanetz & Fink LLP, a U.S. law firm. 

The American Citizens Abroad, the non-profit, non-partisan organization based in Rockville, Maryland that exists to help Americans who live overseas, has unveiled an online tool it says is designed to make it easier for American expats to make their voices heard in Washington, ahead of this November’s election.

After two months of being unable to travel to meet with clients or to sponsor or participate in seminars and conferences, American expat-focused organizations, wealth and tax managers and advocacy groups have turned in growing numbers to videos, webinars and podcasts as a means of staying in touch with their respective audiences. 

 In the latest of its new TaxCast series of podcasts, launched at the end of March, the American Citizens Abroad features an interview with Caroline Ciraolo, a partner of Kostelanetz & Fink LLP, a U.S. law firm, as well as a former acting assistant attorney general of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Tax Division.

"Families in global transition" are the subject of this month's American Citizens Abroad podcast, which went live this week.

The podcast features a chat with Dawn Bryan, pictured left, the president of an organization by that name – Families in Global Transition (FIGT) – who discusses with ACA podcast interviewer "Michelle" some of the issues that expat families typically find themselves having to deal with: "Third Culture Kids", the differences between various expat communities, the issues dual-national couples can face and so on, according to an ACA explanation of the latest podcast. 

The American Citizens Abroad has asked the IRS to extend its deadline for those American expats wishing to use its online "Get My Payment" tool to input their direct deposit information beyond this coming Wednesday, as messages and updates having to do with the one-off CARES Act economic impact payments continue to be issued on a seemingly daily basis.