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OECD publishes 'blacklist' of 20 'golden passport' countries

A "blacklist" of 20 countries that offer so-called “golden passports” to affluent foreigners in order to raise revenue has been published by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, as it warned of the potential misuse of these schemes to hide offshore assets from the scrutiny of the OECD's recently-introduced…

October 17, 2018
News

Paris seminar this Thursday on estate planning for Americans living in France

The Association of Americans Residents Overseas this Thursday will be sponsoring a seminar in Paris that will seek to help Americans living in France to better understand the issues involved in estate planning while abroad.

October 16, 2018
Wealth Management
By staff writer

Call for U.S. Treasury to fix 'Transition Tax' problems with 'de minimis rule'

The American Citizens Abroad, the main non-partisan Washington lobbying group representing American expats around the world, today urged the U.S. Treasury Department to introduce a so-called de minimis rule to its latest draft of new tax regulations, in order to address what it said were problems inherent in the legislation…

October 9, 2018
News

Frank Hirth's Paul Hocking dies in Africa accident at 62

Paul Hocking, one of the best-known figures in the U.K.'s American expat-focused tax community, has died in an accident in Africa, it has been announced.

October 9, 2018
News

YouTube video of London tax event features Yue, Richardson, Treitel, Grossman

A video of a seminar held last month in London, which focused on legislative efforts currently under way in Washington to address the significant tax problems currently facing many American expatriates, has been posted on YouTube.

October 9, 2018
Tax
By Helen Burggraf

London expats return to the classroom for lessons on FBARs, foreign tax credits and PFICs: Part 1

It used to be so easy: Americans moved overseas for work or other reasons, paid taxes – or didn’t – and then either returned home, or stayed on.

October 4, 2018
Tax
By Helen Burggraf

Boston's TwinFocus Capital unveils London outpost

TwinFocus Capital Partners LLC, a multi-family office based in Boston, Massachusetts that was launched in 2006 by twin brothers Paul and Wesley Karger, has opened a London outpost that it says is aimed at helping high-net-worth individuals and their families as well as professional investors with their financial services needs.

October 3, 2018
Wealth Management
By Helen Burggraf

TMF Group unveils 'tax-efficient' retirement plan for American expats

The TMF Group, an Amsterdam-based compliance and business services provider that owns Malta-headquartered TMF International Pensions, today launched a retirement plan for American citizens living and working outside the U.S. that it says is designed to be tax-efficient in accordance with U.S. tax regulations.

October 2, 2018
Wealth Management
By Helen Burggraf

Call for American expats around the world to sign tax-law change petition

A Switzerland-based American expatriate and campaigner for fairer treatment of Americans overseas is urging his fellow countrymen around the world sign his petition urging Donald Trump to spare them all from the burden of citizenship-based taxation.

September 30, 2018
Tax
By staff writer

Brokers, banks: ‘American appetite for U.K. resi property robust despite Brexit’

But tax, residency and currency considerations keep many institutions from dealing with U.S. expats...

September 25, 2018
Mortgages and Property
By Helen Burggraf

Get professional advice to avoid risk of a ‘Boris’, U.S. expats in UK warned

Boris Johnson, the New York-born former mayor of London who recently resigned as UK foreign secretary, is well known to Londoners for having unofficially lent his name to a bicycle-sharing scheme (“Boris bikes”) that was launched in 2010, and with which he, a keen cyclist himself, was associated.