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updated 2:53 AM CET, Mar 5, 2021

BREAKING: U.S. agrees to discuss FATCA-related issues with EU

Washington Examiner comment piece endorses resi-based tax campaign

Goldman Sachs still unable to accept U.S. expats as Marcus clients in UK, citing FATCA

Dutch banks unable to process latest U.S. Coronavirus stimulus checks

Europe's 'accidentals' hoping for results, as EU Council plans follow-up meeting next week

Online venue for this year's annual DJH International Tax Conference in February

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.

February 1, 2021
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IRS: 'Cryptocurrency accounts to be included in FBAR reports'

Feb-23-2021

No hoped-for breakthroughs seen to emerge from Tuesday's landmark ECOFIN discussion of FATCA

Feb-21-2021

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Congressman Holding to discuss ‘Tax Fairness for Americans Abroad’ bill in London in April
Republican Representative George Holding will discuss his recently-proposed Tax Fairness for Americans Abroad legislation in April, in a public forum for American expats in London that the organizers say they…
'Accidental Americans' group launches 'major' letter-writing campaign targeting Congressional Dems
The Accidental Americans Association, a Paris-based group that campaigns for fairer treatment for those who left the U.S. as babies or never lived there but who say they are nevertheless…
Call for expats to be included in U.S. coronavirus relief efforts, as citizenship-based tax regime faces test
The American Citizens Abroad has called on Congress, the Treasury and the IRS to include Americans who are resident abroad in any formal efforts to help U.S. citizens who have…

Charles Schwab telling clients in UK, Europe their accounts must move or be transferred by year’s end
(Updated 11/07/2019) Charles Schwab Corp., the San Francisco-based, NYSE-listed financial services giant that is understood to have a significant client base of Americans resident outside of the U.S., has been…
UK MP vows to continue speaking out on behalf of ‘accidental Americans’ living in Britain
Preet Kaur Gill, a British Labour Party member of Parliament from the greater Birmingham area, has said she plans to continue asking questions of the UK government on behalf of…
Seven things that surprise Americans about U.K. mortgages, house-buying
One of the most memorable moments of their U.K. house-buying experience, for many American expats, is when someone explains to them what the word “gazumping” means.

Republicans Overseas calls for executive order to help expats ahead of prez election
In what many American expats will hope could at last bring expat issues onto the agenda in the final weeks of the U.S. presidential campaign, the Republicans Overseas has asked…
U.S. finally publishes final 2018 renunciation data
The U.S. Treasury Department on Wednesday finally published the names of the 687 people who officially "chose to expatriate" during the fourth quarter of 2018, amid questions from some expat…
Accidental Americans latest: French banks warn of potential need to close 40,000 accounts
The head of the French Banking Federation has formally warned France's finance minister that the country's banks may be forced to close as many as 40,000 bank accounts by the…

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The AXFNJ YouTube interview: The Federal Register's 'Name and Shame List' at a time of record renunciations

The latest U.S. Government posting of the Internal Revenue Service's "Quarterly Publication of Individuals Who Have Chosen to Expatriate" brought total U.S. citizenship renunciations in 2020 a record high of...

Feb-11-2021

Online venue for this year's annual DJH International Tax Conference in February

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IRS: 'Cryptocurrency accounts to be included in FBAR reports'

Online venue for this year's annual DJH International Tax Conference in February

EU Data Protection Board to revisit FATCA data protection issues: Justice Commissioner Reynders

Another U.S. court finds FBAR non-willful penalty 'per annual form' rather than per account

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No hoped-for breakthroughs seen to emerge from Tuesday's landmark ECOFIN discussion of FATCA

Jan. 1 passage of Corporate Transparency Act to see creation of U.S. beneficial ownership registry

Accidental Americans Ass'n files legal actions over FATCA data transfers in two EU countries

Proposed FATCA reciprocity amendment to France's 2021 Finance Bill seen derailed, after declared 'inadmissible' in Senate

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Congressman Holding to discuss ‘Tax Fairness for Americans Abroad’ bill in London in April

'Accidental Americans' group launches 'major' letter-writing campaign targeting Congressional Dems

Call for expats to be included in U.S. coronavirus relief efforts, as citizenship-based tax regime faces test

Charles Schwab telling clients in UK, Europe their accounts must move or be transferred by year’s end

UK MP vows to continue speaking out on behalf of ‘accidental Americans’ living in Britain

Seven things that surprise Americans about U.K. mortgages, house-buying

Republicans Overseas calls for executive order to help expats ahead of prez election

U.S. finally publishes final 2018 renunciation data

Accidental Americans latest: French banks warn of potential need to close 40,000 accounts

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The AXFNJ YouTube interview: The Federal Register's 'Name and Shame List' at a time of record renunciations