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...
No Tax Like Inheritance Tax
There is no tax like Inheritance Tax. It arouses animosity in many people, especially when it has ensnared many families in its ever expanding...
HMRC Slammed For Failing Desperate And Suicidal Contractors
A lobby group looking after the interests of contractors and freelance workers is criticising HM Revenue & Customs for ignoring a plea to set...
Euro MPs Want To Protect Accidental Americans Against FATCA
Accidental Americans chased by the US Internal Revenue Service for unpaid taxes have won support from the European Parliament’s largest group of politicians. The Socialists...
Watchdog Raps IRS For FATCA Compliance Blunders
Government spending watchdogs have slammed the US Internal Revenue Service for compliance blunders while spending hundreds of millions of dollars on the Foreign Account...
Taxes in Portugal
Are there any tax advantages to moving to Portugal or investing in Portugal? Currently the Portuguese government is actively encouraging overseas investments; has put in...
HMRC Needs To Do More To Stem Tax Avoidance
HM Revenue & Customs should concentrate on trawling data to catch persistent tax evaders rather than punish taxpayers who make mistakes with ever more...
Do Britain’s Missing Tax Billions Really Exist?
Britain has a £33 billion tax gap - but does the imagined amount of missing money really exist? HM Revenue & Customs estimates the tax...
How To Tell If You Are An Accidental American
If you are an American and don’t know it, you could be in for a shock when an unexpected tax bill comes through the...
US Expats Show Shocking Ignorance Of FATCA
Expat Americans know shockingly little about laws that require them to report their overseas savings and investments. The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) was...
IRS U-Turn On Repatriation Tax For Expats
A US government U-turn means a million expats will no longer have to pay the ‘deemed repatriation tax’ on profits of their businesses abroad. The...
HMRC tax evasion investigations up by 20%
The number of serious evasion cases under investigation by the UK tax authority is up by almost a fifth in the past year. HM Revenue...
FATCA List – June 2018
Another 3,766 foreign financial institutions have registered with the US Internal Revenue Service to report customer financial information under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance...
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