Helen Burggraf

American Expat Finance

updated 11:01 PM CET, Oct 30, 2020

BREAKING: Latest U.S. renunciation numbers plunge, as consulates remain closed

Partners Wealth Mgmt adds two partners to its 'exponentially growing' int'l business

Survey finds 16% of Americans 'would consider' leaving if 'their' candidate loses, up from 9% in 201

Plight of 'accidental Americans' gets covered by Washington, DC's local media outlet

New anti-extraterritorial taxation expat organization forms; launches survey

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 Ass'n hits renunciation fee lawsuit crowdfunding target

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

Thun Financial's Farmer and Michelin move to Walkner Condon

Expats re-tweet B'berg editorial citing 'tax reporting nightmare' as reason for renunciation stampede

UK FATCA challenger 'Jenny' latest: Request to HMRC to waive 'adverse party costs'

'Comprehensive' Biden plan to win overseas voters sank without trace after July launch

‘Retrocessions’: Does your Swiss bank owe you money?

Funding concerns loom for 'Jenny' as clock ticks on her possible UK FATCA appeal

L’ Association des Américains Accidentels in crowd-funded challenge to US$2,350 renunciation fee

London's MASECO Private Wealth adds three partners to its team

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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…
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.

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…

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Helen Burggraf

Accidental Americans Ass'n hits renunciation fee lawsuit crowdfunding target

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

Thun Financial's Farmer and Michelin move to Walkner Condon

Expats re-tweet B'berg editorial citing 'tax reporting nightmare' as reason for renunciation stampede

UK FATCA challenger 'Jenny' latest: Request to HMRC to waive 'adverse party costs'

'Comprehensive' Biden plan to win overseas voters sank without trace after July launch

‘Retrocessions’: Does your Swiss bank owe you money?

Funding concerns loom for 'Jenny' as clock ticks on her possible UK FATCA appeal

L’ Association des Américains Accidentels in crowd-funded challenge to US$2,350 renunciation fee

London's MASECO Private Wealth adds three partners to its team

Tax

New anti-extraterritorial taxation expat organization forms; launches survey

Dutch media, politicians' focus returns to Dutch 'accidentals' and their bank account issues

NRC.nl report: Retired, 'unintentionally American' former KLM pilot may lose bank account due to FATCA

Dutch finance minister’s answers to latest questions leave already-frustrated ‘accidentals’ reeling

Legislation

Yue: Meadows said to be 'very interested' in legislative action plan, but 'after the election'

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

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'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

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

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

Opinion

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