Helen Burggraf

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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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Accidental Americans' discrimination complaint against French banks finally gets go-ahead

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TIGTA reports: an interim report on the 2022 filing season; and 'strategy needed' to grow electronic filing of biz returns

May-13-2022

Four House members urge Ways & Means to consider 'simplified tax form for expats' as ACA holds out for RBT

Sep-28-2021

FBARs (FinCEN Form 114s), Form 8938s and Form 8966s: not just one but three ways Uncle Sam monitors Americans’ overseas holdings

More American expats are familiar these days than they used to be with Foreign Bank Account Reports (“FBARs”), aka FinCEN Form 114s – which need to be filed by American...

Apr-07-2022

Helen Burggraf

Alexandru Bittner is latest FBAR litigant to petition Supreme Court for definitive penalties ruling

Date set for long-awaited 'Gwen and Kazia' FATCA appeal hearing in Canada

UK announces end to 'golden visa' program for millionaire foreigners, citing use by Russians

French finance minister Le Maire insists FATCA is very much on EU's 2022 agenda...

Sanlam Investments launches 'dual-reporting' fund for U.S. expats resi in UK

U.S. Virgin Islands non-voting rep among participants in House subcommittee hearing on filing 'challenges' U.S. taxpayers face

BREAKING: European Court of Justice rules against Spain's 'FBAR'...

Accidental Americans' discrimination complaint against French banks finally gets go-ahead

2021 full-year Federal Register list of 'expatriated' names falls below 2,000 for first time since 2012

Dutch financial arbitration body says Aegon OK to close dual U.S./Dutch citizen's savings account

Tax

TIGTA reports: an interim report on the 2022 filing season; and 'strategy needed' to grow electronic filing of biz returns

Dems Abroad TTF in move to open door to discussions on FATCA's future

Dems Abroad Taxation Task Force webinar: 'Which tax strategy is best for me: FEIE or FTC?'

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Legislation

Four House members urge Ways & Means to consider 'simplified tax form for expats' as ACA holds out for RBT

U.S./European group claims EU discriminates by barring 'U.S. Persons' from Covid bonds

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Senate Finance Committee to hear today how U.S. int'l tax policy is impacting 'American workers, jobs, investment'

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FBARs (FinCEN Form 114s), Form 8938s and Form 8966s: not just one but three ways Uncle Sam monitors Americans’ overseas holdings