News

Court ruling awaited in case involving 'unintended American' fighting to keep his Dutch bank account

A decision is expected within the next four weeks in a case involving a retired Dutch airline pilot who has gone to court to keep his Dutch bank account, rather than give in to the bank's demands, and enter the U.S. tax identification system.

November 30, 2020
News

InterNations survey: Rome, Paris, Hong Kong, Dublin rated among 'worst cities to move to' in expat survey

Once again, expats surveyed by InterNations, a Munich-based global expat organization, have included on their annual list of the "worst cities to move to" such traditional havens of expatriate lore as Rome, Paris, Hong Kong and Dublin.

November 30, 2020
News

BREAKING: Now France's Senate to consider FATCA reciprocity amendment to 2021 Finance Bill

Less than two weeks after the sponsors of a proposed amendment to France's 2021 Finance Bill withdrew it from consideration at the last minute, three members of the French Legislature's upper house have tabled a similar amendment.

November 26, 2020
Tax
By Helen Burggraf

Dutch Finance Minister Wopke Hoekstra, pictured during Tuesday's hearing on FATCA

Dutch lawmakers vow to call on EU Commission to raise FATCA issue (again) with U.S.

Dutch lawmakers said on Tuesday that they plan to join forces with their French counterparts in asking the EU Commission to once again raise with the U.S. the issue of the problems some of their citizens are having with their financial accounts, as a result of the U.S. tax evasion-prevention…

November 25, 2020
Tax
By Helen Burggraf

Stanhope Capital and FWM Holdings say merger will create 'one of world's largest' indie global wealth management firms

Stanhope Capital Group, a London-based wealth manager, and New York-based FWM Holdings have entered into a merger agreement that the companies say will create one of the world’s largest independent wealth management and advisory firms.

November 25, 2020
Wealth Management
By staff writer

Howard Clark-Burton, left, and Ian Marsh

Hong Kong's BMP Wealth adding 'U.S. expat proposition' to existing expat range

BMP Wealth Ltd. is a Hong Kong-based wealth management firm that was set up in 2017 to cater to the wealth management needs of what it calls "internationally-minded people," from such countries and regions as the UK and elsewhere in Europe, Canada, Australia and China. And now, it's in the…

November 23, 2020
Wealth Management
By Helen Burggraf

U.S. district court rules key retroactive element of Trump's TCJA is constitutional

In what some are seeing as a blow to countless thousands of Americans who own stakes in non-U.S. corporations – including expats as well as Homelanders – a federal court in Washington state ruled on Thursday that a key retroactive element of President Trump's controversial, 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs…

November 23, 2020
Tax
By Helen Burggraf

Trump said reviving plan to end 'birthright citizenship' via executive order before leaving office

With two months to go until the end of his term, President Trump is considering an executive action that would end the current U.S. policy of conferring American citizenship on all babies born in the U.S., according to a Washington media report, which cited as its source a top presidential…

November 22, 2020
News

Dems Abroad to host webinar on Social Security benefits available for Americans resident outside U.S.

Many Americans who are resident overseas are unaware that they are eligible for Social Security benefits; others know that they are, but don't know much more than that. With this in mind, the Democrats Abroad is sponsoring a free webinar next Thursday (Dec. 3), to help boost understanding of exactly…

November 19, 2020
News

Departures announced of Treasury's 'Chip' Harter, SEC's Jay Clayton

Lafayette G. "Chip" Harter, deputy assistant Treasury secretary for international tax affairs since 2017, is to leave his post at the end of this month, according to press reports. Also set to leave his post, by year's end, is Security and Exchange Commission Jay Clayton, the SEC confirmed in a…

November 17, 2020
News

Friday's hearing of the French National Assembly, on the 2021 finance bill

Frustration for France's Américains Accidentels as FATCA reciprocity amendment fails to advance

A planned amendment to a bill currently making its way through France's legislature that would have mandated a change in an existing FATCA "intergovernmental agreement" currently in place between France and the U.S. – which would have obliged the U.S. to provide the same information to France about its citizens' U.S.…

November 16, 2020
Tax
By Helen Burggraf

News

Court ruling awaited in case involving 'unintended American' fighting to keep his Dutch bank account

InterNations survey: Rome, Paris, Hong Kong, Dublin rated among 'worst cities to move to' in expat survey

BREAKING: Now France's Senate to consider FATCA reciprocity amendment to 2021 Finance Bill

Dutch lawmakers vow to call on EU Commission to raise FATCA issue (again) with U.S.

Stanhope Capital and FWM Holdings say merger will create 'one of world's largest' indie global wealth management firms

Hong Kong's BMP Wealth adding 'U.S. expat proposition' to existing expat range

U.S. district court rules key retroactive element of Trump's TCJA is constitutional

Trump said reviving plan to end 'birthright citizenship' via executive order before leaving office

Dems Abroad to host webinar on Social Security benefits available for Americans resident outside U.S.

Departures announced of Treasury's 'Chip' Harter, SEC's Jay Clayton

Frustration for France's Américains Accidentels as FATCA reciprocity amendment fails to advance

Subscribe

American Expat Essentials

Acronyms

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

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

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

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

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

Seven things that surprise Americans about U.K. mortgages, house-buying

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

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

U.S. finally publishes final 2018 renunciation data

Latest news