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Meeting of accidental Americans with Dutch lawmakers in the Tweede Kamer, The Hague

BREAKING: Accidental Americans call for urgent action in meeting with Dutch lawmakers

Representatives from two American expat organizations that met yesterday with around half a dozen members of the Dutch House of Representatives in the Hague said they believed that their urgent call for government action to deal with the problems of thousands of bank accounts belonging to "accidental Americans" being closed was at…

January 23, 2020
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IRS announces 'day of action to stop offshore tax evasion' across UK, US, Canada, Australia, Netherlands.

The U.S. Internal Revenue Service is this week holding what it calls "a globally coordinated day of action to put a stop to the suspected facilitation of offshore tax evasion" across the UK, U.S., Canada, Australia and the Netherlands.

January 23, 2020
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Monte Silver, second from left, with Kathleen Mistry, Laura Snyder, Ellen Lebelle, Johanna Dishongh, Paul Atkinson and Fred Einbinder last June during “Overseas Advocacy Week” in Washington DC.

Israel-based Monte Silver to join AARO board, tax committee

Monte Silver, the Israel-based American expat lawyer who made headlines last month when a U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. said he and his fellow plaintiffs could go ahead with their legal challenge of a key component of President Trump's 2017 tax reform legislation, is to join the board of…

January 23, 2020
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Paul Hunter and Heather Tibbo of Crestbridge

Crestbridge and U.S.-based Willow Street form fiduciary services JV to help cross-border clients

Crestbridge, an international family offices services provider with a footprint in six financial centers including the Channel Island of Jersey, has announced the establishment of a joint venture with Wyoming-based Willow Street.

January 23, 2020
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Dutch Parliament to meet 'accidental Americans' next week, as banks continue freezing accounts

Dutch Parliamentarians are scheduled to meet with Netherlands-resident so-called 'accidental Americans' next Wednesday, to discuss the continuing problem of banks in the Netherlands that have been freezing the bank accounts of some such 'accidentals'.

January 16, 2020
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Fresh from DC court triumph, tax lawyer Silver unveils plans for road trip

Weeks after a U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. ruled in his favor by denying a U.S. government effort to prevent him from legally challenging a key component of President Trump's December 2017 tax reform legislation, Tel Aviv-headquartered U.S. tax attorney Monte Silver has unveiled plans to undertake a global road trip,…

January 16, 2020
Tax
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Belgium's Minister of Foreign Affairs Philippe Goffin, left, and U.S. Ambassador Ronald J. Gidwitz, right

Belgium minister reveals 'frank' exchange with U.S. ambassador on 'FATCA, accidental Americans'

Belgium's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Defence, Philippe Goffin, enjoyed a "courtesy visit" last week from U.S. ambassador Ronald J. Gidwitz, during which the subjects discussed included FATCA and "accidental Americans".

January 14, 2020
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ACA updates its online tax services directory

American Citizens Abroad, the non-profit, non-partisan organization based in the Greater Washington, D.C. area that exists to help Americans who live overseas, has unveiled its "updated" online Expat Tax Services Directory, almost exactly six months before American expats are expected to have filed their 2019 tax returns.

January 14, 2020
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Portugal tops latest Int’l Living Global Retirement Index, as LatAm accounts for next five 'best'

Portugal has leapt six places to top International Living's annual Global Retirement Index, which ranks countries around the world on their suitability for individuals who are looking to retire in a country other than the one in which they currently live.

January 13, 2020
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Acting National Taxpayer Advocate calls for IRS 'culture shift' as annual report released

In her 2019 Annual Report to Congress, acting National Taxpayer Advocate Bridget Roberts said the U.S. IRS needed to significantly raise its game with respect to the way it carries out its role as the nation's tax collecting agency. But to "truly transform the organization" – which, she noted in…

January 10, 2020
Tax
By Helen Burggraf

Ways & Means call for 'immediate' naming of retired National Taxpayer Advocate successor

Richard E. Neal, the chairman of the Democrat-controlled Ways and Means Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives, and Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee chairman John Lewis have called for the "immediate appointment" of a permanent National Taxpayer Advocate to succeed Nina Olson, who stepped down at the end of…

January 10, 2020
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BREAKING: Accidental Americans call for urgent action in meeting with Dutch lawmakers

IRS announces 'day of action to stop offshore tax evasion' across UK, US, Canada, Australia, Netherlands.

Israel-based Monte Silver to join AARO board, tax committee

Crestbridge and U.S.-based Willow Street form fiduciary services JV to help cross-border clients

Dutch Parliament to meet 'accidental Americans' next week, as banks continue freezing accounts

Fresh from DC court triumph, tax lawyer Silver unveils plans for road trip

Belgium minister reveals 'frank' exchange with U.S. ambassador on 'FATCA, accidental Americans'

ACA updates its online tax services directory

Portugal tops latest Int’l Living Global Retirement Index, as LatAm accounts for next five 'best'

Acting National Taxpayer Advocate calls for IRS 'culture shift' as annual report released

Ways & Means call for 'immediate' naming of retired National Taxpayer Advocate successor

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

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

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

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

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

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

U.S. government report acknowledges problems with FATCA reporting

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

Legislation to help American expats imminent, London audience told

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