In 2010, when President Obama signed the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act into law – hidden inside a domestic jobs bill few still remember, called the HIRE Act – Rebecca Lammers had been only been living in London for a few years, although she'd done a couple of semesters of college abroad (in Ecuador and London).
The Democrats Abroad's Taxation Task Force today is unveiling a damning report on what life is like, from a financial and tax perspective, for the millions of American citizens who live overseas.
Like folks everywhere, Americans are often surprised to discover how different things can be when they live abroad. Sometimes the differences are small; sometimes they're massive. Often they can be hilarious...
The Democrats Abroad UK's Tax Committee is sponsoring a live Zoom webinar this Wednesday (Nov. 30), on the topic of accessing Social Security and Medicare benefits from abroad, if you happen to be American.
In a judgment that few saw coming – and which many are now saying will have global repercussions for months to come – the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled that public so-called 'beneficial owner registries, containing the details of those who own companies, financial accounts and other assets, are in breach of these owners' fundamental rights.
Danny Werfel, a Washington, DC-based executive with the Boston Consulting Group consultancy, is to be nominated to succeed Charles "Chuck" Rettig as commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, the White House has announced.
As the countdown to tomorrow's 2022 midterm elections reached its final stages, a couple of major U.S. media organizations have at last highlighted the potential that U.S. expat voters have to influence the outcome in key elections around the country.
In 2010, when President Obama signed the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act into law – hidden inside a domestic jobs bill few still remember, called the HIRE Act – Rebecca Lammers had...
Dec-02-2022
