Helen Burggraf

American Expat Finance

updated 9:14 PM CEST, Apr 23, 2019

Rep. George Holding to discuss his ‘Tax Fairness for Americans Abroad’ bill in London tomorrow

IRS’s Taxpayer Advocate wades into free tax forms issue

Dems Abroad urge American expats in London to get involved

U.S. to begin warning Americans about kidnapping risks overseas

Some tax quotations the IRS missed...

Helen Burggraf

Helen Burggraf is the editor of the American Expat Financial News Journal, and is based in London. Born on a U.S. Air Force base in Montana, she has spent most of the past 26 years in the U.K., and has also lived and worked in Rome, Italy and New York.

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Some tax quotations the IRS missed...

U.S. to begin warning Americans about kidnapping risks overseas

Revealed: IRS’s sense of humor

Accidental Americans' latest: Dutch EU parliamentarian writes to Moscovici

Little-known Irving Berlin song celebrates payment of one’s taxes

U.S. government report acknowledges problems with FATCA reporting

'Accidental Americans' in France file discrimination complaint against banks

American Citizens Abroad posts audio recordings of recent Tax Fairness Act webcasts

IRS seen ramping up penalties on late-filed foreign trusts, CFCs, FBARs in 2019

London-based entertainment industry specialists Skeet Kaye Hopkins joins Focus Financial, via GR&F

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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…
Legislation to help American expats imminent, London audience told
Legislation that its proponents say would significantly improve the lot of American expatriates, many of whom have been left reeling by the Trump tax reforms introduced at the end of…
Breaking: Congressman Holding scrapes through with ‘Tax Fairness for Americans Abroad Act’
With just hours to go before most of the United States was due to close down for the Christmas holiday, Congressman George Holding today at last delivered a long-anticipated bill…

George Holding’s bill: What we know so far
Over the last few months, details have begun to emerge about soon-to-be-introduced legislation aimed at making the U.S. tax regime less unforgiving for the 9 million Americans estimated to live…
American expatriate lawyer sues IRS, U.S. Treasury over 'Transition Tax'
An American citizen living in Israel has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Internal Revenue Service and Treasury Department, challenging a key component of President Trump's December 2017 tax reform…
American small biz owner in EU: ‘Trump’s made it impossible for expats like me to compete outside the U.S.’
Ever since President Trump unveiled his so-called Tax Cuts and Jobs Act just before Christmas in 2017, tax experts familiar with the complex way American expatriates are taxed have been…

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…
Expat eyes back on rumored tax bill-sponsor Holding, as he keeps seat in House
The re-election last week of House of Representatives member George Holding has revived talk about whether he will go through with his rumoured plans to introduce legislation aimed at making…
U.S. Treasury finally cuts expat small-biz owners some GILTI slack
Campaigners for fairer treatment for American citizens abroad are claiming a victory this morning, as news emerged that the U.S. Treasury had finally cut owners of small businesses located abroad…

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Helen Burggraf

Some tax quotations the IRS missed...

U.S. to begin warning Americans about kidnapping risks overseas

Revealed: IRS’s sense of humor

Accidental Americans' latest: Dutch EU parliamentarian writes to Moscovici

Little-known Irving Berlin song celebrates payment of one’s taxes

U.S. government report acknowledges problems with FATCA reporting

'Accidental Americans' in France file discrimination complaint against banks

American Citizens Abroad posts audio recordings of recent Tax Fairness Act webcasts

IRS seen ramping up penalties on late-filed foreign trusts, CFCs, FBARs in 2019

London-based entertainment industry specialists Skeet Kaye Hopkins joins Focus Financial, via GR&F

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Revealed: IRS’s sense of humor

Little-known Irving Berlin song celebrates payment of one’s taxes

IRS seen ramping up penalties on late-filed foreign trusts, CFCs, FBARs in 2019

UK turns down U.S.-born Brit's FATCA FOI request, after Canada, Oz obliged their citizens

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Rep. George Holding to discuss his ‘Tax Fairness for Americans Abroad’ bill in London tomorrow

IRS’s Taxpayer Advocate wades into free tax forms issue

Controversial U.S. bill over free tax-filing services seen unlikely to matter much to non-resident taxpayers

U.S. expats in EU: ‘Prepare for PRIIPS and KIDs regs’

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Acronyms

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

Legislation to help American expats imminent, London audience told

Breaking: Congressman Holding scrapes through with ‘Tax Fairness for Americans Abroad Act’

George Holding’s bill: What we know so far

American expatriate lawyer sues IRS, U.S. Treasury over 'Transition Tax'

American small biz owner in EU: ‘Trump’s made it impossible for expats like me to compete outside the U.S.’

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

Expat eyes back on rumored tax bill-sponsor Holding, as he keeps seat in House

U.S. Treasury finally cuts expat small-biz owners some GILTI slack

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A renounced ‘accidental’ replies to UK gov’t’s Stride: ‘It’s not that we’re not British, we are – but we're also not really American'