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20 Oct 2017

Written by John Richardson | Posted in FATCA

Testimony: Businessman Abroad Affected By FATCA

To Whom It May Concern:

Thank you for the opportunity to comment to the Committee. Under normal circumstances I would introduce myself however, given present circumstances, I cannot as my status as a US Person, is being reviewed by the State Department at my request to validate my relinquishing acts in the early 1970’s.

I am a Canadian citizen, registered as a Canadian born abroad at birth, in the United States while my Canadian parents completed their post graduate education in the United States.

If you are unaware, with the exception of the United States, it is not a good thing to be considered a US Person (a newly coined status) for tax purposes, if you live outside the U.S. It is not a good thing to have any U.S. indicia at all. Who am I?

3 comments | Tags: Americans Abroad, business, FATCA, John Richardson, Tax Advisor

11 Oct 2017

Written by William Byrnes | Posted in FATCA

FATCA’S Unintended Consequences – Feeding Corruption And Suppression Of Political Rivals

FATCA’s primary purpose was for the U.S. government to obtain otherwise private financial information and exercise control of the global financial industry. Unlike a conventional withholding tax which actually intends to collect tax, FATCA imposes penalties based upon non-compliance with tax.

The tax revenue projections, which were used to validate the passage of FATCA did not show FATCA raising any significant tax revenue annually. In fact, except for the extraordinary penalties assessed, little additional tax has been collected. In comparison to the annual on budget spending by the U.S. government, the actual amount of tax collected by FATCA is statistically insignificant.

No comments | Tags: FATCA, International Tax, Tax Advisor, William Byrnes

03 Oct 2017

Written by Ronald Marini | Posted in Offshore

How Will the IRS Know About My Foreign Account?

Taxpayers who have financial assets outside the United States often ask the question “How will they (IRS) know about my Foreign Account?” when they are considering how (or whether) to come clean and inform the IRS about their previously undisclosed foreign financial accounts.

For years, there was little public knowledge of the U.S. government’s foreign financial reporting requirements, and enforcement of those rules was not always very strict. However, since 2008, a string of scandals involving foreign banks and investigations by the U.S. government into various non-U.S. financial institutions has garnered international media attention and changed the way governments around the world deal with offshore financial accounts. Read more

2 comments | Tags: Data Mining, FATCA, panama papers, Ron Marini, Swiss Banking

27 Sep 2017

Written by Hugo Lesser | Posted in Expatriate

FBAR Reporting For U.S. Expats With A Foreign Business

FBARs (Foreign Bank Account Reports) have been a filing requirement for Americans with financial accounts overseas that meet the criteria since the Bank Secrecy Act of 1970. It has only been enforced for the last few years however, since the 2010 Foreign Account tax Compliance Act (FATCA) obliged foreign financial institutions to pass details about their American account holders to the IRS. Currently around 300,000 foreign banks and other financial firms are doing this. Read more

No comments | Tags: FATCA, FBAR, Foreign Businesses, tax penalties

29 Aug 2017

Written by Hugo Lesser | Posted in Expatriate

Understanding U.S. Federal Taxes For American Expats

The USA is almost unique in taxing U.S. citizens even when they live abroad. This means that expats who earn over $10,000 ($10,300 for 2016, to be precise, or just $400 of self-employment income) are required to file a U.S. federal tax return, regardless of where their income originates, or whether they are also paying taxes elsewhere.

While expats still have to pay any U.S. tax they may owe by April 15th, they have until June 15th to file, with a further extension available on request to October 15th. Read more

One comment | Tags: Double Taxation, FATCA, federal taxes, Streamlined Procedure

09 Aug 2017

Written by John Richardson | Posted in Citizenship

13 Reasons Why I Committed Citizide

In a recent submission to Senator Hatch, I argued that what the United States thinks of as “citizenship-based taxation”, is actually a system where the United States imposes U.S. taxation on the residents and citizens of other countries. That submission included:

On August 2, 2017 posts at the Isaac Brock Society and numerous other sources, reported that that there were 1759 expatriates reported in the second quarter report in the Federal Register. The number of people renouncing U.S. citizenship continues to grow. Read more

No comments | Tags: American expatriates, FATCA, Renouncing Citizenship, Tax Reform

08 Aug 2017

Written by Ronald Marini | Posted in IRS

New International Criminal Units Driven By Data Mining

In 2012, we discussed the use of data-mining technology and how the Internal Revenue Service has adopted it to find taxpayers with undisclosed offshore bank accounts. U.S. taxpayers who are still considering whether to disclose their accounts need to understand that IRS’s data-mining software increases their risk of being detected. They should act accordingly and seek legal advice immediately.” We also discussed that the phasing in over the coming year of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) will only increase the breadth and depth of the data available to IRS and E-Trak. Read more

No comments | Tags: Data Mining, FATCA, IRS Criminal Investigation unit

25 Jul 2017

Written by Ephraim Moss | Posted in Exit Tax

The Dual Citizen Exception To The Exit Tax

According to Treasury Department numbers, 2016 broke the record for annual U.S. citizenship renunciations with a grand total of 5,411 renunciations. As we’ve noted previously, possible reasons for the increase in renunciations include the global strengthening and influence of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (“FATCA”) and President Trump’s election victory (the “Trump bump”). Read more

One comment | Tags: Dual Citizen Exception, FATCA, Renounce Citizenship

21 Jul 2017

Written by FATCA TRACKER | Posted in Citizenship

Tax Burdens Prompt More Americans To Ditch Citizenship

Americans abroad have just about had it with Uncle Sam’s tax filing requirements.

Those were the findings from a recent survey of more than 2,100 U.S. expatriates, according to Greenback Expat Tax Services, which specializes in working with American taxpayers residing overseas.

Just over 4 in 10 respondents said that while they aren’t planning to renounce their U.S. citizenship, they wouldn’t rule it out, and 19% said they’re seriously considering it. Read more

No comments | Tags: Americans Abroad, FATCA

29 Jun 2017

Written by Hugo Lesser | Posted in Expatriate

Will The IRS Streamlined Procedure For Expats Be Revoked?

For decades, U.S. expats lived in peace, beyond the reach of the American tax system, despite being theoretically obligated to file U.S. taxes on their worldwide income from abroad by American’s citizenship based taxation regime.

Then came FATCA, the 2010 Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act. Designed to address tax evasion in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, FATCA requires all foreign banks and investment firms to provide details of their American account holders to the IRS. Read more

No comments | Tags: Citizens Abroad, FATCA, Streamlined Procedure

22 Jun 2017

Written by Ephraim Moss | Posted in IRS

IRS Crackdown And The Future Of Tax Amnesty Programs

With the recent heavy focus on Congress and the Trump’s administration’s tax reform proposals, it can be easy to forget that the IRS continues to proactively crackdown on offshore tax evasion. Read more

No comments | Tags: FATCA, FBAR, offshore, OVDP, Streamlined Procedures, tax amnesty programs, tax disclosure

22 Jun 2017

Written by Hugo Lesser | Posted in International

U.S. Expatriates Guide To Living In Greece

Living in Greece is an incredible experience for a number of reasons, including the friendly locals, the culture, history, architecture, climate, beaches and islands, not to mention easy access to the rest of Europe. As an American expatriate living in Greece though, what exactly do you need to know regarding filing U.S. expat (and Greek) taxes? Read more

No comments | Tags: expatriate, FATCA, Greece, Living Abroad, US Citizens

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