By Hans Esser, for ExpatBriefing.com, 27 April, 2018
The Dutch Government has proposed shortening the duration of the special tax scheme for expatriate workers from eight years to five. Read full story »
Tags: expatriates | Finance | tax | Netherlands | employees | individual income tax | Expats
By Hans Esser, for Expatbriefing.com, 29 March, 2018
Fabrizio Pagani, Italian Finance Minister Pier Carlo Padoan's Chief of Staff, has said that around 150 wealthy expats have taken up residency in Italy under a recently introduced flat tax scheme intended to attract investors to the country. Read full story »
Tags: individuals | expatriates | Russia | Finance | tax | Netherlands | Norway | Italy | Switzerland | United States | individual income tax
By Hans Esser, for ExpatBriefing.com, 24 August, 2017
The Confederation of Danish Industry has welcomed an announcement by a government minister that a special tax scheme for certain skilled expat workers will be improved. Read full story »
Tags: expatriates | tax | Denmark | entrepreneurs | employees | unemployment | individual income tax | Expats
By Hans Esser, for ExpatBriefing.com, 21 April, 2017
The British Virgin Islands has announced new work permit fees, which will take effect from May 15, 2017. Read full story »
Tags: expatriates | tax | Virgin Islands | fees | individual income tax | British Virgin Islands | Employment | Expats | Visas and Passports | Working Abroad | Work | Working Abroad | Working Abroad
By Hans Esser, for ExpatBriefing.com, 08 December, 2016
In a recent proposal, American Citizens Abroad has set out a detailed description of its proposal for the enactment of residency-based taxation, rather than the existing citizenship-based taxation system, for American expats. Read full story »
Tags: individuals | expatriates | inheritance tax | compliance | tax | tax compliance | gift tax | United States | tax reform | individual income tax | Expats | Tax
By Fiona Moore, for ExpatBriefing.com, 24 February, 2015
Major changes to the tax treatment of private pension lump sums will come into effect in April 2015 and may be especially relevant for those who want to use the cash to relocate abroad. Read full story »
Tags: individuals | tax | Malta | Portugal | retirement | United Kingdom | social security | Cyprus | individual income tax | Expats | Investment | Pensions | Invest | Lifestyle | Investment | Lifestyle | Pensions
By Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels, 09 January, 2015
Belgium is no longer the most attractive location for owner-occupiers to buy, own, or sell real estate, according to a new report that reviewed the tax rules in 11 European countries. Read full story »
Tags: capital gains tax (CGT) | tax | Belgium | Ireland | Netherlands | Portugal | real-estate | Luxembourg | stamp duty | France | Germany | Italy | Spain | Sweden | tax breaks | individual income tax | Expats | Europe | Study | Tax
By Fiona Moore, for ExpatBriefing.com, 30 July, 2014
A UK accountancy firm has warned that proposals to limit the personal tax allowance for non-UK residents may leave British employees who are seconded abroad "significantly worse off." It said expats, including retirees, may have to rearrange their financial affairs to avoid losing out. Read full story »
Tags: Finance | tax | tax reform | individual income tax | Expats | Pensions | Personal Finance | Working Abroad | Work | Working Abroad | Pensions | Working Abroad
By ExpatBriefing.com Editorial, 04 July, 2014
With effect from 2016, Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers will expire if they have not been used on a federal income tax return for five consecutive years, the United States Internal Revenue Service has announced. Read full story »
Tags: individuals | compliance | tax | tax compliance | law | Internal Revenue Service (IRS) | tax authority | United States | individual income tax | Expats | Tax
By ExpatBriefing.com Editorial, 01 July, 2014
Major changes to the Internal Revenue Service's offshore voluntary compliance program have been welcomed by American Citizens Abroad. The program is offered to overseas American citizens that have not deliberately failed to abide by their tax obligations. Read full story »
Tags: individuals | compliance | tax | tax compliance | law | Internal Revenue Service (IRS) | tax authority | offshore | United States | penalties | individual income tax | Expats | Tax