What is FATCA?
The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act or FATCA is essential reading for US expats. The rules aim to stamp out tax evasion by American taxpayers
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What Is The Common Reporting Standard For Expats?
The Common Reporting Standard is expected to swing into action in a few weeks – but how does this impact expats and the tax they
IRS Wants To Tax Millions Of Bitcoin Trades
American Bitcoin traders are in the sights of the Internal Revenue Service for failing to report their trading gains. The IRS considers tax on a
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US Expats Must Not Shun FATCA Obligations
Behind the scenes campaigning and election pledges that are yet to come to fruition do not mean US expats can ignore FATCA. Lobbyists have joined
Why Are Americans Giving Up Their Passports?
Record numbers of taxpayers are giving up their US passports – but no one is sure why or even if they are Americans or why
US FATCA Laws Pass A Final Milestone
July 1 marked a milestone in the implementation of the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) for American expats and financial firms serving them
The Secret Forum That Churns Out Global Tax Policy
The Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is a familiar name to most people that follows the news, but few of us know what
Advocate Backs FBAR And FATCA Merger
US expats swamped by a welter of financial reporting forms from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and US Treasury may have an easier time in
US Expats Becoming The World’s Financial Outcasts
US expats are fast becoming the world’s financial outcasts as Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) and other tax laws begin to bite. Around 7
FATCA Goes Global As 57 Nations Sign New Treaty
The US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) has gone global triggering more than 50 nations signed up to a tax information swapping network. In