Shock Family Tax Bills For Ill Expats Gifting Unspent Pensions
Families of expats trapped in the UK’s wealth tax net could face a shock bill following a controversial court case. The Court of Appeal sided...
Budget 2018: Expat Contractors Under Tax Attack?
Chancellor Phillip Hammond is ready to crack down on self-employed expats who flout tax and national insurance rules. He has reportedly ordered the Treasury to...
Budget 2018: New Tax Break For Landlords Flagged
Chancellor Phillip Hammond is considering a new tax break to reward landlords selling buy to let homes to sitting tenants for his Budget 2018. A...
Home Owner Gets Tax Bill For Flat That Did Not Exist
Property investors must pay capital gains tax on homes that no one could live in because they had not been built, according to a...
What New Expats Should Do About Tax
Failing to understand expat tax is costly for anyone moving to a new country who ignores how the complicated rules impact their finances. Expats need...
UK Stamp Duty Surcharge Plan For Expat Home Buyers
Foreigners and expats who buy property in Britain will pay a rate of stamp duty, the government has announced. Prime Minister Theresa May broke the...
FATCA List – October 2018
Another 1,734 foreign financial institutions signed up to the US Internal Revenue Service’s FATCA list during September. The number of FFIs worldwide on the list...
Tax Filing Countdown Ticking Down For Expats
The final countdown for this year’s self-assessment returns has started - and anyone needing to register only has a few days to tell the...
Can Taxpayers Rely On Guidance From HMRC?
HMRC publishes tens of thousands of pages of technical guidance online - but can taxpayers really rely on what the information says? Probably not, according...
One In Four Families Checked For IHT Dodges
Tax investigators are targeting a quarter of bereaved families who they suspect of understating inheritance tax. HM Revenue & Customs has increased the number of...
Banker Admits Fraud In First FATCA Prosecution
US federal authorities are celebrating the first successful prosecution under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). Adrian Baron, former chief executive and chief business...
Ignorance Of CGT Rules Is No Defence For Expat
An expat appealing against a fine for failing to file a non-resident capital gains tax return was thrown out by a tribunal judge. HM Revenue...
It’s Time To Celebrate Tax Freedom Day
British taxpayers have put in a shift of 148 days working to pay their income tax to the government this year - now they...
More People Paying Higher Rate Income Tax
More people are paying higher rate tax in the UK - and that’s official, according to the latest statistics. Despite tax rates falling as successive...
FATCA List – July 2018
The number of foreign financial institutions signing up for US Internal Revenue Service Foreign Account Compliance Tax Act approval has slowed. The list saw 7,071...
Greater Numbers Of US Expats Hand Back Passports
More Americans are cutting their ties with home than ever before because of tough tax rules imposed by the US government. Since the Foreign Account...
FATCA List – July 2018
Another 7,000 foreign financial institutions joined the US Internal Revenue Service in June. The latest list of accredited FFIs runs to 314,026 banks, trusts and...
Choosing a tax consultant as an expat
Finding a reliable and knowledgeable tax consultant is not always easy for an expat. Tax consultants can give expert advice about minimising the amount of...
Expats Take Poor HMRC Decision To Task In The Courts
Expat and non-resident taxpayers are queueing up to challenge the decisions of tax inspectors in court. And the numbers revealed by HMRC are only the...
New Crack Down On Offshore Tax Dodgers Ready For Action
Governments around the world are about to switch on a huge data exchange network aimed at catching offshore tax dodgers. The latest announcement about the...
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