Helen Burggraf

American Expat Finance

updated 8:46 PM CEST, Jun 30, 2020

U.S. Tax Court declines to consider US$160,000 passport revocation case, involving New York-resident

Little noticed abroad, controversial new U.S. ‘best interest’ law takes effect today

Dunhill Financial webinar: Italian tax breaks for foreigners; ACA call for expats to urge Congress t

Coronavirus risk cited as EU unveils plan to block entry into Europe by Americans

Little-known Irving Berlin song celebrates payment of one’s taxes

Helen Burggraf

Helen Burggraf is the editor of the American Expat Financial News Journal, and is based in London. Born on a U.S. Air Force base in Montana, she has spent most of the past 26 years in the U.K., and has also lived and worked in Rome, Italy and New York.

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U.S. Tax Court declines to consider US$160,000 passport revocation case, involving New York-resident American

Little noticed abroad, controversial new U.S. ‘best interest’ law takes effect today

Dunhill Financial webinar: Italian tax breaks for foreigners; ACA call for expats to urge Congress to hold hearings

Little-known Irving Berlin song celebrates payment of one’s taxes

Wisconsin’s Thun Financial plans expat and int’l client business growth after acquisition by major U.S. RIA

Latest in UK FATCA challenge by ‘Jenny’: Complaint not upheld; appeal costs being weighed

Now Monte Silver launches promised ‘copycat’ legal action in DC against TCJA’s GILTI provisions

Former Police drummer Stewart Copeland, to expat fellow Americans: ‘Vote!’

U.S. CARES Act stimulus payments ‘not taxable as income in UK’

NY Republican business exec Scaramucci: Much-needed Expatland reforms will require expats to lobby Congress

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'Accidental Americans' group launches 'major' letter-writing campaign targeting Congressional Dems
The Accidental Americans Association, a Paris-based group that campaigns for fairer treatment for those who left the U.S. as babies or never lived there but who say they are nevertheless…
Congressman Holding to discuss ‘Tax Fairness for Americans Abroad’ bill in London in April
Republican Representative George Holding will discuss his recently-proposed Tax Fairness for Americans Abroad legislation in April, in a public forum for American expats in London that the organizers say they…
Call for expats to be included in U.S. coronavirus relief efforts, as citizenship-based tax regime faces test
The American Citizens Abroad has called on Congress, the Treasury and the IRS to include Americans who are resident abroad in any formal efforts to help U.S. citizens who have…

UK MP vows to continue speaking out on behalf of ‘accidental Americans’ living in Britain
Preet Kaur Gill, a British Labour Party member of Parliament from the greater Birmingham area, has said she plans to continue asking questions of the UK government on behalf of…
Charles Schwab telling clients in UK, Europe their accounts must move or be transferred by year’s end
(Updated 11/07/2019) Charles Schwab Corp., the San Francisco-based, NYSE-listed financial services giant that is understood to have a significant client base of Americans resident outside of the U.S., has been…
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to close all but seven of its overseas offices
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has announced that it plans to close all but seven of its 23 overseas offices, including those in London, Frankfurt, Rome and Bangkok. This represents…

Accidental Americans latest: French banks warn of potential need to close 40,000 accounts
The head of the French Banking Federation has formally warned France's finance minister that the country's banks may be forced to close as many as 40,000 bank accounts by the…
‘Dem sponsor needed’ for expat tax fairness bill, Rep. Holding tells London gathering
North Carolina representative George Holding told a London gathering of American expats last night that he would press on with his bill aimed at making life easier for Americans living…
U.S. government report acknowledges problems with FATCA reporting
A U.S. Government Accountability Office report released today reveals a range of issues with the 2010 law known as the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, which it noted also contributed…

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Helen Burggraf

U.S. Tax Court declines to consider US$160,000 passport revocation case, involving New York-resident American

Little noticed abroad, controversial new U.S. ‘best interest’ law takes effect today

Dunhill Financial webinar: Italian tax breaks for foreigners; ACA call for expats to urge Congress to hold hearings

Little-known Irving Berlin song celebrates payment of one’s taxes

Wisconsin’s Thun Financial plans expat and int’l client business growth after acquisition by major U.S. RIA

Latest in UK FATCA challenge by ‘Jenny’: Complaint not upheld; appeal costs being weighed

Now Monte Silver launches promised ‘copycat’ legal action in DC against TCJA’s GILTI provisions

Former Police drummer Stewart Copeland, to expat fellow Americans: ‘Vote!’

U.S. CARES Act stimulus payments ‘not taxable as income in UK’

NY Republican business exec Scaramucci: Much-needed Expatland reforms will require expats to lobby Congress

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U.S. Tax Court declines to consider US$160,000 passport revocation case, involving New York-resident American

Little-known Irving Berlin song celebrates payment of one’s taxes

Now Monte Silver launches promised ‘copycat’ legal action in DC against TCJA’s GILTI provisions

U.S. CARES Act stimulus payments ‘not taxable as income in UK’

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Little noticed abroad, controversial new U.S. ‘best interest’ law takes effect today

The FATCA/AEOI Papers: Mishcon publishes research trove, unearthed as part of crowd-funded UK FATCA case

Confirmed – Rep. Holding to leave Congress at end of 2020, after reintroducing Tax Fairness for Americans Abroad Act

Now Scottish MP questions UK government about 'recent representations' concerning FATCA

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'Accidental Americans' group launches 'major' letter-writing campaign targeting Congressional Dems

Congressman Holding to discuss ‘Tax Fairness for Americans Abroad’ bill in London in April

Call for expats to be included in U.S. coronavirus relief efforts, as citizenship-based tax regime faces test

UK MP vows to continue speaking out on behalf of ‘accidental Americans’ living in Britain

Charles Schwab telling clients in UK, Europe their accounts must move or be transferred by year’s end

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to close all but seven of its overseas offices

Accidental Americans latest: French banks warn of potential need to close 40,000 accounts

‘Dem sponsor needed’ for expat tax fairness bill, Rep. Holding tells London gathering

U.S. government report acknowledges problems with FATCA reporting

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