ExpatBriefing.com Editorial, 04 September, 2018
Numerous countries in the European Union seek to attract skilled foreign workers by sheltering them from potentially high rates of income tax - often in excess of 50 percent... Read Full Article »
Tags: business | Tax | Europe | Work | Other | unemployment | employees | Germany | Denmark | Syria | Iraq | Romania | tax authority | energy | internet | health care | tax |
Expat Briefing Editorial Team, 29 March, 2018
Not only is it becoming easier for people to move around the world to live and to work, it is becoming easier to move money and investments across national borders too. According to the OECD... Read Full Article »
Tags: agreements | business | interest | dividends | Tax | Expats | FATCA | individuals | investment | Malta | Russia | standards | trusts | enforcement | law | offshore | tax authority | G20 | insurance | education | tax |
Expat Briefing Editorial Team, 22 September, 2016
Little more than two or three hours flying time from most places in Europe, Malta has an average of 300 days of sunshine each year, temperatures of between 14°C in winter and 32°C in summer, a typically laid-back Mediterranean... Read Full Article »
Tags: Tax | Europe | Invest | Other | individuals | investment | Cyprus | Iceland | Malta | Liechtenstein | law | offshore | tax authority | services | commerce | banking | financial services | insurance | e-commerce | fees | tax |
Expat Briefing Editorial Team, 17 June, 2016
For long-term residents of the United Kingdom with plans to retire abroad, QROPS (Qualifying Recognised Overseas Pension Scheme) provide a neat, tax efficient solution to the problem of pension portability for expats... Read Full Article »
Tags: compliance | business | professionals | pensions | investment | Cyprus | Gibraltar | Malta | Australia | Guernsey | United Kingdom | standards | legislation | law | tax authority | services | banking | financial services | fees | tax | inheritance tax |
Expat Briefing Editorial Team, 06 May, 2016
Americans abroad have long had to suffer perhaps the worst tax regime in the world for expats, with the United States continuing to tax on the basis of citizenship, rather than residence. But to add insult to injury... Read Full Article »
Tags: accounting | agreements | compliance | Banking | Tax | Expats | FATCA | Compliance | individuals | United States | regulation | legislation | court | law | offshore | tax authority | services | banking | financial services | tax compliance | tax |
Contributed by M Meilak and Associates, 30 September, 2015
After introducing its Individual Investor Program in 2014, Malta now has an extensive array of special incentives schemes designed to encourage skilled and well-heeled expats to take up residence in the country... Read Full Article »
Tags: interest | Tax | Europe | Invest | individuals | investment | Iceland | Malta | Ecuador | Liechtenstein | Mexico | Norway | law | offshore | tax authority | commerce | insurance | e-commerce | fees | tax | tax incentives |
Expat Briefing Editorial Team, 07 July, 2015
Much has been made of the impact of the United States Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) on US expats, Americans with financial interests overseas, and financial institutions all over the world. However, few people... Read Full Article »
Tags: agreements | business | interest | Banking | Tax | Expats | FATCA | investment | British Virgin Islands | Austria | Canada | Belgium | Russia | Australia | Bermuda | Cayman Islands | Virgin Islands | tax authority | services | financial services | insurance | tax |
Expat Briefing Editorial Team, 27 May, 2015
So the soapboxes and rosettes have been put away, and the final credits have rolled on the seemingly endless carousel of televised debates between party leaders, at least for another five years at any rate... Read Full Article »
Tags: compliance | business | interest | charities | Tax | Europe | Offshore | Currency | individuals | investment | France | Italy | Spain | Portugal | penalties | law | tax authority | HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) | HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) | tax | inheritance tax |
Expat Briefing Editorial Team, 08 May, 2015
Following another call from US expat pressure group Americans Citizens Abroad (ACA) that the United States Treasury amend tax regulations to exempt Americans residing in a foreign country from the Foreign Account Tax Compliance... Read Full Article »
Tags: agreements | compliance | interest | Tax | Employment | Expats | FATCA | Compliance | United States | regulation | penalties | legislation | law | Internal Revenue Service (IRS) | tax authority | services | banking | financial services | insurance | tax | Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) |
Provided by Select Property, 10 April, 2015
We live in a modern information age now. Even if you're living thousands of miles away from your country of birth, you're no longer reliant on yesterday's newspapers to tell you of the news back home... Read Full Article »
Tags: Expats | expatriates | retirement | pensions | investment | Cyprus | Portugal | tax authority | tax |