Representatives from two American expat organizations that met yesterday with around half a dozen members of the Dutch House of Representatives in the Hague said they believed that their urgent call for government action to deal with the problems of thousands of bank accounts belonging to "accidental Americans" being closed was at least acknowledged, and the groundwork laid for further discussions.
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service is this week holding what it calls "a globally coordinated day of action to put a stop to the suspected facilitation of offshore tax evasion" across the UK, U.S., Canada, Australia and the Netherlands.
Monte Silver, the Israel-based American expat lawyer who made headlines last month when a U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. said he and his fellow plaintiffs could go ahead with their legal challenge of a key component of President Trump's 2017 tax reform legislation, is to join the board of the Paris-based Association of Americans Resident Abroad, and become chairman of its tax committee.
Crestbridge, an international family offices services provider with a footprint in six financial centers including the Channel Island of Jersey, has announced the establishment of a joint venture with Wyoming-based Willow Street.
Dutch Parliamentarians are scheduled to meet with Netherlands-resident so-called 'accidental Americans' next Wednesday, to discuss the continuing problem of banks in the Netherlands that have been freezing the bank accounts of some such 'accidentals'.
Weeks after a U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. ruled in his favor by denying a U.S. government effort to prevent him from legally challenging a key component of President Trump's December 2017 tax reform legislation, Tel Aviv-headquartered U.S. tax attorney Monte Silver has unveiled plans to undertake a global road trip, to "meet all those who have supported the cause".
Belgium's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Defence, Philippe Goffin, enjoyed a "courtesy visit" last week from U.S. ambassador Ronald J. Gidwitz, during which the subjects discussed included FATCA and "accidental Americans".
Laura Snyder, as we noted earlier this year, is the sole overseas member of a grass roots volunteer advisory organization known as the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel that works – alongside...
Dec-26-2019
