For the first time since she began sponsoring her annual International Tax Conference in 2011, Deborah J. Hicks is arranging for the event to take place online this year, owing to the Covid pandemic, and consequent global lockdown.
After two months of being unable to travel to meet with clients or to sponsor or participate in seminars and conferences, American expat-focused organizations, wealth and tax managers and advocacy groups have turned in growing numbers to videos, webinars and podcasts as a means of staying in touch with their respective audiences.
Days after the IRS announced a new "revenue procedure" it said would "exempt from foreign trust information reporting requirements certain U.S. individuals' transactions with, and ownership of, certain tax-favored foreign trusts", some tax experts have been coming forward to express doubts about whether the new "procedure" would achieve much, if anything.
London’s historic and atmospheric Smithfield market will host the annual DJH International Tax Conference next month.
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In this webinar, executives from Dunhill Financial and Americans Overseas discuss financial planning considerations for Americans, including currency exposure issues, mortgage considerations and Social Security; a presentation of Dunhill Financial's portfolios will also be included. , says. In this webinar, on March 17, the American expat-specialist wealth manager plans to explore just how different it is for Americans living abroad – and what they should and shouldn't be doing with their money – in conversation with Guillaume Grisel of Bonnard Lawson, the Geneva-based, international law firm.
For more information and/or to register, click here.
ACA, a Washington, DC-based U.S. expat advocacy organization, is hosting the free webinar with Amsterdam-based Americans Overseas. The event will feature ACA executive director Marylouise Serrato and Americans Overseas's Michael Littaur. A live, 30-minute Q&A will follow the presentations.
No recording of the webinar will be available afterwards, and the number of those able to participate is limited; registration is required, and may be done by clicking here.
The session will cost US$185 to register, according to La Torre Jeker, who says it will be a "cost-effective" guide "through the maze".
"Whether you are preparing your own FBARs or those of your clients, the truth is that some FBAR situations are simple and others are not," she adds.
"We believe FBAR issues have been made overly scary and overly complicated." The session will include a "30-minute Q&A" and will feature a flowchart. To register, click here.
Estate planning when you live abroad, if you're American, is very different than when you're living Stateside, Dunhill Financial says. In this webinar, on March 17, the American expat-specialist wealth manager plans to explore just how different it is for Americans living abroad – and what they should and shouldn't be doing with their money – in conversation with Guillaume Grisel of Bonnard Lawson, the Geneva-based, international law firm.
For more information and/or to register, click here.
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