Helen Burggraf

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BREAKING: New group formed to lobby DC lawmakers to switch U.S. to residence-based tax regime

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

AARO, to Biden, Harris: 'Congratulations, let's work together on behalf of overseas Americans'

RTL Luxembourg journalist highlights 'accidentals' issue for English-speaking EU audience

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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Non-partisan discussion set for London on efforts to end U.S. citizen-based tax regime

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Essential Financial Acronyms for Americans Living Abroad

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Jersey's new LLC legislation to accommodate US institutions, fund managers

EU lawmakers approve resolution backing European ‘accidental Americans’

George Holding’s bill: What we know so far

Expert panel sees imminent end to expat-hated U.S. tax regime

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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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Helen Burggraf

Non-partisan discussion set for London on efforts to end U.S. citizen-based tax regime

Israel-based American overseas tax advocate issues ‘call to action’

Get professional advice to avoid risk of a ‘Boris’, U.S. expats in U.K. warned

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

Essential Financial Acronyms for Americans Living Abroad

Europe’s ‘accidental Americans’ are latest to seek backing of their local gov’ts against U.S.

Jersey's new LLC legislation to accommodate US institutions, fund managers

EU lawmakers approve resolution backing European ‘accidental Americans’

George Holding’s bill: What we know so far

Expert panel sees imminent end to expat-hated U.S. tax regime

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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

Dems Abroad to host webinar on the second covid stimulus payments for expats

Are the FBAR regs fit for purpose – FinCEN wants to know by next Friday

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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

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

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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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AARO, to Biden, Harris: 'Congratulations, let's work together on behalf of overseas Americans'