Helen Burggraf

American Expat Finance

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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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Special report: Global 'pandemic' of webinars and podcasts seen, for U.S. expats, professionals

Surprise stimulus payment advantage for expats spotted, via Foreign Earned Income Exclusion

Canada's Andrew Scheer not renouncing U.S. citizenship after all: reports

Renounced U.S. citizens, foreign workers reported among those to receive CARES Act payments

Yet more surprises in latest (and largest ever) quarterly U.S. renunciation names list, renounce-data-watchers say

The FATCA/AEOI Papers: Mishcon publishes research trove, unearthed as part of crowd-funded UK FATCA case

Israel's Bank Hapoalim agrees to US$874m fine for helping Americans evade U.S. tax

Trump, other U.S. govt officials sued over CARES Act payments being denied to Americans whose spouses lack SS#s

Now American Citizens Abroad chases Washington officials over 'Get My Payment' tool failures

Massachusetts and Texas lawmakers unveil bill to expand 'vital American citizen services overseas'

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'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…
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…
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…

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…
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…
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…

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to close all but seven of its overseas offices
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has announced that it plans to close all but seven of its 23 overseas offices, including those in London, Frankfurt, Rome and Bangkok. This represents…
U.S. government report acknowledges problems with FATCA reporting
A U.S. Government Accountability Office report released today reveals a range of issues with the 2010 law known as the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, which it noted also contributed…
‘Dem sponsor needed’ for expat tax fairness bill, Rep. Holding tells London gathering
North Carolina representative George Holding told a London gathering of American expats last night that he would press on with his bill aimed at making life easier for Americans living…

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Helen Burggraf

Special report: Global 'pandemic' of webinars and podcasts seen, for U.S. expats, professionals

Surprise stimulus payment advantage for expats spotted, via Foreign Earned Income Exclusion

Canada's Andrew Scheer not renouncing U.S. citizenship after all: reports

Renounced U.S. citizens, foreign workers reported among those to receive CARES Act payments

Yet more surprises in latest (and largest ever) quarterly U.S. renunciation names list, renounce-data-watchers say

The FATCA/AEOI Papers: Mishcon publishes research trove, unearthed as part of crowd-funded UK FATCA case

Israel's Bank Hapoalim agrees to US$874m fine for helping Americans evade U.S. tax

Trump, other U.S. govt officials sued over CARES Act payments being denied to Americans whose spouses lack SS#s

Now American Citizens Abroad chases Washington officials over 'Get My Payment' tool failures

Massachusetts and Texas lawmakers unveil bill to expand 'vital American citizen services overseas'

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China reported to begin citizenship-based tax collecting in Hong Kong, as experts ponder Beijing's plan

Revealed: IRS’s sense of humor

IRS audit campaign of HNW individuals, related entities to launch on July 15

Texas Court rules 'non-willful penalty' should apply 'per FBAR' not per account

Legislation

Little noticed abroad, controversial new U.S. ‘best interest’ law takes effect today

The FATCA/AEOI Papers: Mishcon publishes research trove, unearthed as part of crowd-funded UK FATCA case

Confirmed – Rep. Holding to leave Congress at end of 2020, after reintroducing Tax Fairness for Americans Abroad Act

Now Scottish MP questions UK government about 'recent representations' concerning FATCA

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Acronyms

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

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

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

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

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

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

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to close all but seven of its overseas offices

U.S. government report acknowledges problems with FATCA reporting

‘Dem sponsor needed’ for expat tax fairness bill, Rep. Holding tells London gathering

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