By Fiona Moore, for ExpatBriefing.com, 04 October, 2017
American Citizens Abroad, an advocacy group for American expats, has released "refined" proposals for residency-based taxation for American citizens receiving income from overseas. Read full story »
Tags: individuals | expatriates | tax | tax avoidance | interest | retirement | legislation | gift tax | United States | tax reform | Expats
By Dex Tennyson, for ExpatBriefing.com, 03 August, 2017
Concerns have been expressed regarding the South African government's plans to remove the 183-day foreign earned income exemption provision for expats working outside of the country. Read full story »
Tags: expatriates | South Africa | compliance | tax | tax compliance | tax avoidance | tax credits | legislation | Expats | Africa
By Dex Tennyson, for ExpatBriefing.com, 12 October, 2015
The US Internal Revenue Service has begun receiving data from foreign banks about US expats' overseas bank accounts and is now sharing data with certain foreign tax authorities to also support their tax enforcement efforts. Read full story »
Tags: individuals | Finance | Offshore | tax | tax avoidance | offshore | legislation | Compliance | Employment | Expat Services | Expats | Investment | Money Transfers | Personal Finance | Working Abroad | Work | Invest | Working Abroad | Lifestyle | Investment | Lifestyle | Tax | Working Abroad
By ExpatBriefing.com Editorial, 20 December, 2013
The Swiss Federal Council has adopted the mandate for negotiations regarding a revision of the taxation of savings agreement with the European Union. Read full story »
Tags: compliance | Finance | tax | European Commission | tax compliance | tax avoidance | interest | financial services | Switzerland | regulation | individual income tax | European Union (EU) | services | Expats | Europe | Tax | Tax Evasion
By ExpatBriefing.com Editorial, 11 November, 2013
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development/Council of Europe Convention on Mutual Assistance in Tax Matters has been extended to the Cayman Islands, effective as of January 01, 2014. Read full story »
Tags: tax | tax avoidance | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) | Cayman Islands | United Kingdom | agreements | social security | Expats | Europe | Tax
By ExpatBriefing.com Editorial, 06 September, 2013
The Belgian Finance Ministry has issued a reminder to non-resident taxpayers, explaining that they are required to submit a 2013 income tax declaration in October, for taxable income either produced or received in Belgium in the 2013 tax year. Read full story »
Tags: compliance | Finance | tax | tax compliance | Belgium | tax avoidance | individual income tax | Expats | Tax
By ExpatBriefing.com Editorial, 30 August, 2013
Major offshore centers have benefited from initiatives led by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development to crack down on alleged tax avoidance and evasion. Read full story »
Tags: Nauru | Offshore | tax | investment | business | Ireland | tax avoidance | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) | Luxembourg | offshore | multinationals | Switzerland | G20 | regulation | Seychelles | Expats | Europe
By ExpatBriefing.com Editorial, 29 August, 2013
The South Korean Government is revising cross-border foreign exchange regulations to make transactions more convenient by streamlining reporting processes, but also to prevent tax avoidance by strengthening supervision and encouraging interested agencies to share information more extensively. Read full story »
Tags: individuals | compliance | tax | business | tax compliance | tax avoidance | financial services | Korea, South | regulation | services | Expats | Foreign Exchange (Forex)
By ExpatBriefing.com Editorial, 31 July, 2013
Changes to the Australia-Switzerland tax treaty will permit authorities to exchange taxpayer information and align their bilateral tax arrangements more closely with current Australian and international treaty policy settings. Read full story »
Tags: tax | tax information exchange agreement (TIEA) | double tax agreement (DTA) | tax avoidance | interest | royalties | Australia | agreements | tax rates | withholding tax | Switzerland | dividends | G20 | Expats
By ExpatBriefing.com Editorial, 09 July, 2013
The Swiss Federal Council has given the go-ahead for the signing of the new Franco-Swiss agreement, aimed at avoiding double taxation in the area of inheritance tax. Read full story »
Tags: inheritance tax | compliance | Wealth | tax | double tax agreement (DTA) | tax compliance | tax avoidance | interest | law | agreements | France | Switzerland | Expats | Wealth Management