Tax

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
Written 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
Written 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
Written by staff writer

U.S. expands Foreign Earned Income Exclusion entitlement to key 'combat zone' support entities

The U.S. has announced it is extending the right to qualify for the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion (FEIE) to U.S. citizens and resident aliens who can demonstrate that they have supported the U.S. Armed Forces in designated combat zones, even if their “abode", or tax home, were in the United…

September 20, 2018
Tax
Written by Helen Burggraf

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

Boris Johnson, the New York-born former mayor of London who recently resigned as U.K. 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.

September 12, 2018
Tax
Written by Helen Burggraf

George Holding’s bill: What we know so far

Over the last few months, details have begun to emerge about soon-to-be-introduced legislation aimed at making the U.S. tax regime less unforgiving for the 9 million Americans estimated to live overseas, growing numbers of whom say they feel they now have no choice but to renounce their U.S. citizenships.

September 9, 2018
Tax
Written by Helen Burggraf

Left to right: Jim Gosart, Olivier Wagner, Solomon Yue, John Richardson

Expert panel sees imminent end to expat-hated U.S. tax regime

A panel of tax and business experts who have been lobbying for years to end the U.S.’s citizenship-based tax regime has said they believe planned legislation – specifically aimed at addressing some of the worst of the problems such expats have been struggling with – actually stands a chance of…

September 9, 2018
Tax
Written by Helen Burggraf

Tax