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IRS warns that some Maltese pension plans may abuse U.S.-Malta tax treaty

An undisclosed number of "U.S. citizens and residents" are relying on an interpretation of the U.S.-Malta Income Tax Treaty that could land them in trouble with the American tax authorities, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service has warned.

July 23, 2021
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State Dept's Sherman to meet with PRC officials Monday, in 'relationship management' effort

Wendy R. Sherman, the U.S. Deputy Secretary of State, is to meet with officials from the People's Republic of China over the next few days, "to advance U.S. interests and values and to responsibly manage the relationship" between the two countries, the State Department said in a statement on Wednesday.

July 22, 2021
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U.S. expats look to FT 'Covid vaccine tracker' table to monitor situation in their countries

A free-to-read, meticulously-maintained table posted on the website of the Financial Times has become a popular tool for American expats – as well as those of other nationalities – who are trying to keep on top of the vaccination trends in the countries in which they live, the American Expat Financial News…

July 22, 2021
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U.S. gov't warns of increasing risks to American businesses in HK

The U.S. government has warned American companies that they faced potentially serious and escalating risks if they continued doing business in Hong Kong, as a result of China's continuing crackdown on freedoms and privacy there.

July 17, 2021
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A view of Bangkok, where Thailand's Covid cases have been concentrated

Continued lack of U.S.-provided vaccines for expats weighs on frustrated Americans in Thailand

Americans living in Thailand say their continuing calls for the U.S. to provide them with Covid-19 vaccinations – in recognition of their status as U.S. taxpayers, owing to America's citizenship-based tax regime – still are not being acted upon as they would like, even as the numbers of infections and Covid-related…

July 16, 2021
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The Schroders podcast, featuring Heale and Saxer: 2010's 'Fear and Total Confusion Act,' and other U.S. expat challenges

Schroders, the London-based, London Stock Exchange-listed wealth management company, is one of the biggest and longest-established wealth managers to specialize in looking after expatriate American clients...

Brian Dunhill, head of Dunhill Financial, which uses the Praemium International platform

Aussie platform biz Praemium puts its U.S. expat-accommodating int'l ops up for sale

Praemium Ltd., a Melbourne, Australia-based, Australian Securities Exchange-listed provider of financial technology and platforming services, has announced that it's looking to sell its international platform operations – currently among the only such operations in the cross border/international marketplace that accommodate the specialist needs of American expats.

July 15, 2021
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A brief Bright!Tax Guide: How expats can catch up with their U.S. tax filing obligations

'Tax Day' for Americans living outside of the U.S. was on June 15. But not everyone who should have filed their 2020 U.S. tax returns by that date will know that. Because, as Allyson Lindsey, Bright!Tax partner and managing Certified Public Accountant explains below, millions of Americans who currently live overseas have…

July 9, 2021
Tax
By Allyson Lindsey

U.S. law firms top salary league table for newly-qualified lawyers in London: Media reports

The London outposts of some of America's top law firms are firmly entrenched at the top of a just-published listing of the starting salaries currently being offered to just-qualified solicitors, the Times of London newspaper and other news organizations have reported this week.

July 9, 2021
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Thai media: Foreigners in Thailand 'must receive 20%' of a batch of Covid vaccines being donated by the U.S.

Foreigners currently resident in Thailand "must receive 20% of a 1.5 million [dose] batch" of Covid-19 vaccines that the U.S. has commited to donate to Thailand, the chief of Thailand's National Security Council has been quoted as telling the country's media organizations.

July 6, 2021
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BBC World Service takes a 4th of July look at U.S. 'taxation' and 'representation' of its expats

In a gesture no doubt aimed at least in part at the estimated 7 million to 9 million Americans who live outside of the U.S., today's BBC World Service's Weekend show set aside a 15-minute segment to examine some of the tax and citizenship issues these expats are currently struggling…

July 4, 2021
Tax
By Helen Burggraf

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IRS warns that some Maltese pension plans may abuse U.S.-Malta tax treaty

State Dept's Sherman to meet with PRC officials Monday, in 'relationship management' effort

U.S. expats look to FT 'Covid vaccine tracker' table to monitor situation in their countries

U.S. gov't warns of increasing risks to American businesses in HK

Continued lack of U.S.-provided vaccines for expats weighs on frustrated Americans in Thailand

The Schroders podcast, featuring Heale and Saxer: 2010's 'Fear and Total Confusion Act,' and other U.S. expat challenges

Aussie platform biz Praemium puts its U.S. expat-accommodating int'l ops up for sale

A brief Bright!Tax Guide: How expats can catch up with their U.S. tax filing obligations

U.S. law firms top salary league table for newly-qualified lawyers in London: Media reports

Thai media: Foreigners in Thailand 'must receive 20%' of a batch of Covid vaccines being donated by the U.S.

BBC World Service takes a 4th of July look at U.S. 'taxation' and 'representation' of its expats

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