Helen Burggraf

American Expat Finance

updated 7:23 AM CEST, Mar 30, 2020

Experts mobilize to help U.S. expats access CARES Act 'Recovery Rebate'

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Supreme Court ruling on data transfer from UK to U.S. seen to boost UK FATCA legal challenge

Opinion: Give trapped Americans abroad a break this tax season

Bernie Sanders wins Democrats Abroad's Global Prez Primary

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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Experts mobilize to help U.S. expats access CARES Act 'Recovery Rebate'

IRS unveils FATCA Model 2 IGA reporting deadline extensions for financial institutions

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

Dutch finance minister confirms banks don't need American clients' TINs for now, but questions remain

FATCA turns 10

The AXFNJ's collection of post-FATCA tax quotations for American expats

Concern among American expat small-business owners over proposed GILTI law tweak by U.S. lawmakers

Concerns over Sanders's proposed 'exit tax', as Dems' prez primary field shrinks to 2

Tax experts critical of, and/or baffled by, new IRS effort to exempt some foreign trusts from info reporting

Frozen bank accounts latest: Dutch MPs submit questions on 'accidental American' issues to Treasury officials

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Tax experts critical of, and/or baffled by, new IRS effort to exempt some foreign trusts from info reporting

Mar-06-2020

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

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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…
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…
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…

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…
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…
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…

‘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…
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…

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Helen Burggraf

Experts mobilize to help U.S. expats access CARES Act 'Recovery Rebate'

IRS unveils FATCA Model 2 IGA reporting deadline extensions for financial institutions

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

Dutch finance minister confirms banks don't need American clients' TINs for now, but questions remain

FATCA turns 10

The AXFNJ's collection of post-FATCA tax quotations for American expats

Concern among American expat small-business owners over proposed GILTI law tweak by U.S. lawmakers

Concerns over Sanders's proposed 'exit tax', as Dems' prez primary field shrinks to 2

Tax experts critical of, and/or baffled by, new IRS effort to exempt some foreign trusts from info reporting

Frozen bank accounts latest: Dutch MPs submit questions on 'accidental American' issues to Treasury officials

Tax

Tax experts critical of, and/or baffled by, new IRS effort to exempt some foreign trusts from info reporting

Frozen bank accounts latest: Dutch MPs submit questions on 'accidental American' issues to Treasury officials

U.S. Treasury belatedly reveals 'regulatory reform' talks with EU

IRS officials meet 'J5' counterparts in Sydney to discuss joint 'tax crime' enforcement

Legislation

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

Dems Abroad: Americans Abroad Caucus co-chair Maloney planning to re-introduce two expat-friendly bills

SEC votes 3 to 1 in favor of 'Regulation Best Interest,' as debate over its merits continues

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Acronyms

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

U.S. government report acknowledges problems with FATCA reporting

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

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Opinion: Give trapped Americans abroad a break this tax season