Once again, the number of individuals whose names appeared on the latest U.S. government "Quarterly Publication of Individuals, Who Have Chosen to Expatriate" is being questioned for seeming to contain far fewer names than it should – and in particular, for still not containing the names of certain individuals whose Certificates of Loss of Nationality (CLNs) were issued more than a year ago.

The frustration and anger that American expats living mainly in Canada and certain countries in Europe have been expressing ever since the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act was signed into law in 2010 is emerging for the first time in the Middle East, an article published today by one of the region's better-known media organizations has revealed. 

Goldman Sachs, the giant New York-based investment bank that in recent years has been moving into the individual wealth management sector, has confirmed that for the time being, at least, it is unable to offer its Marcus-branded services to Americans resident outside of the U.S., owing to FATCA concerns.

The UK's Information Commissioner's Office has given HM Revenue & Customs 20 days to respond to queries having to do with a crowd-funded legal case against FATCA being brought by an American expat known publicly as “Jenny”.

On March 18, 2010, President Obama signed the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act into law.  Surprising as it might now seem to some, the fact went virtually unnoticed by the world's media, as the legislation was buried deep inside a domestic jobs bill known as The HIRE Act.

With the New Hampshire Democratic Primary set for next Tuesday, and, as reported, the Democrats Abroad's Global Presidential Primary scheduled for March 3 to 10, expats are increasingly desperate to know where the candidates stand on such key issues as FATCA, citizenship-based taxation and President Trump's Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

None of the candidates thus far, however, has shown quite the same level of enthusiasm for going on the record in detail with respect to their positions on such topics...

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'. 

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".

"Dozens" of customers of Dutch banks have come forward to report that their bank accounts in the country have been frozen, and banking services otherwise being denied to them, because they are considered to be American and yet have failed to provide the banks with their U.S. "tax information numbers" (TINs), according to reports out of the Netherlands.

On Tuesday – the last day before all non-American banks and financial institutions around the world were officially required to supply the U.S. authorities with the so-called Tax Information Numbers of all their American clients, or potentially be in breach of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act – French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire issued a statement reassuring France's banks with respect to any American account-holders whose TINs they still don't have.