Another British member of Parliament has come forward to question the UK's chancellor of the exchequer, on behalf of a dual American/British citizen constituent, as to what if any "recent representations he has made to his [U.S.] counterpart" with respect to "the creation of accidental Americans through the U.S. Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act".
Jersey Finance, the globally-focused marketing arm for Jersey’s financial services industry, has officially opened its long-awaited New York office, as it prepares to set out its stall as an efficient gateway between the U.S. and international financial markets.
The American Citizens Abroad has announced its annual call for nominations for its "Thomas Jefferson Award", which recognizes those State Department employees "who have given exemplary service to American citizens residing abroad".
Andersen Global, the San Francisco-based organization of legally-separate tax and legal services firms that evolved out of a part of the now-defunct Arthur Andersen accountancy firm, has signed up law firms in two African countries as its latest “collaborating” entities, bringing to 18 the number of African countries in which it now has a presence.
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service has issued long-anticipated guidance on how Americans should report their cryptocurrency assets and transactions, and included details of a new "checkbox" that taxpayers must consider when filling out their 1040s.
A new French television advertisement featuring the American film star Brad Pitt, which shows him appearing to make use of a Boursorama Banque card while going about the streets of New York City, has drawn criticism from the Paris-based Association of Accidental Americans, which points out that in real life, the bank wouldn't let him be a customer because of the fact that he's a U.S. citizen.
An American who came to the UK 19 years ago and who, as reported here last month, has been seeking to raise £50,000 via a crowd-funding website in order to legally challenge what she claims is the mis-use of her personal data and a violation of her privacy by the UK's HM Revenue & Customs, has reached her fund-raising goal.
For the past four years, U.S. born, France-resident and French-speaking Fabien Lehagre has been fighting a tireless and increasingly hard-to-miss battle on behalf of all of France's and Europe's "accidental...
Sep-23-2019
