By Fiona Moore, for ExpatBriefing.com, 18 June, 2018
The French Senate on May 15, 2018, adopted the text of a proposed Motion for Resolution in principle, which calls on the French Government to negotiate with the US Government relief for French taxpayers that were born in the US and face US tax penalties having been unaware they would be covered by the US Foreign Tax Compliance Act. Read full story »
Tags: expatriates | tax | FATCA | withholding tax | France | United States | penalties | Compliance | Expats | Tax
By Fiona Moore, for ExpatBriefing.com, 22 March, 2017
Americans for Tax Reform has urged Congressional lawmakers to include the repeal the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act in ongoing tax reform talks. Read full story »
Tags: expatriates | compliance | Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) | tax | investment | small business | business | FATCA | legislation | withholding tax | United States | tax reform | Compliance | Tax
By Mike Godfrey, for ExpatBriefing.com, 14 June, 2016
With regard to the increasing talk in the US Congress on tax reform, American Citizens Abroad has provided the House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee with a full reform proposal for the enactment of residence-based taxation for American expatriates. Read full story »
Tags: expatriates | compliance | tax | business | tax compliance | interest | royalties | law | Internal Revenue Service (IRS) | withholding tax | gift tax | United States | dividends | tax reform | exit tax | trade | Tax
By ExpatBriefing.com Editorial, 07 February, 2014
The Internal Revenue Service has released a revised United States Tax Guide for Aliens, providing guidance for resident and nonresident aliens for use in preparing their 2013 tax returns, and, in particular, how to determine their residence status and what information they need to file those returns. Read full story »
Tags: individuals | compliance | tax | investment | business | real-estate investment | tax compliance | law | real-estate | employees | Internal Revenue Service (IRS) | tax authority | health care | self-employment | legislation | withholding tax | United States | tax breaks | dividends | individual income tax | Employment | Expats | Healthcare | Investment | Invest | Healthcare | Investment | Tax
By ExpatBriefing.com Editorial, 23 January, 2014
American Citizens Abroad has submitted a detailed proposal concerning the taxation of Americans abroad, in response to the United States Senate Finance Committee's discussion draft on international tax reform that was issued on November 19 last year. Read full story »
Tags: compliance | Citizenship | tax | tax compliance | tax credits | withholding tax | gift tax | United States | tax reform | exit tax | individual income tax | services | Expats | Tax
By ExpatBriefing.com Editorial, 18 December, 2013
The Swiss Federal Council has launched a consultation on plans to revise the levying of withholding tax at source on income derived from "lucrative" activity. Read full story »
Tags: individuals | compliance | tax | law | employees | tax thresholds | withholding tax | Switzerland | tax breaks | individual income tax | Expats | Europe
By ExpatBriefing.com Editorial, 12 December, 2013
The Internal Revenue Service has released the 2013 update to Publication 54, the guide that discusses the special tax rules for United States citizens and resident aliens who work abroad or who have income earned in foreign countries. Read full story »
Tags: individuals | expatriates | compliance | tax | tax compliance | retirement | tax thresholds | Internal Revenue Service (IRS) | self-employment | withholding tax | United States | individual income tax | Expats | Other
By ExpatBriefing.com Editorial, 06 December, 2013
The Taxation Section of the American Bar Association has written a letter to the United States Congress containing a description of options for the reform of international tax provisions for individual taxpayers. Read full story »
Tags: individuals | expatriates | compliance | Finance | tax | tax compliance | law | tax thresholds | legislation | withholding tax | United States | tax reform | penalties | Expats | Tax
By ExpatBriefing.com Editorial, 13 August, 2013
There was a sixfold increase in the number of American citizens living abroad who gave up their United States passports in the second quarter of this year, compared to the same three months in 2012, as the Administration gets more strident in its search for undeclared foreign assets. Read full story »
Tags: individuals | expatriates | compliance | Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) | tax | tax compliance | FATCA | Internal Revenue Service (IRS) | ministry of finance | tax authority | withholding tax | United States | Compliance | Expats | Tax
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