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Expat Tax & Overseas TaxAdditional Articles about Expat Tax, Overseas Tax, Offshore Tax, Foreign Earned Income Exclusion and More:
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US Expat Tax -- 13 Common Expat Tax Traps
By Nick Hodges, CPA/PFS, MBA, CFP
While the expat experience can be an exciting an exhilarating adventure, there is no greater frustration and disappointment than having the IRS ruin your experience by auditing your tax return while away, calculating additional taxes due, penalizing and charging you interest during the process, and even perhaps suggesting jail time for your mistakes.
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Tax Havens -- G20 Summit
By Soho Properties
It seems likely that, with the tax havens capitulating into opening up their books, criminal elements will move their money out, and quickly. But where will they hole it up next: offshore real estate?
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Overseas Tax -- Nonresident Taxability
By Marc J. Strohl, CPA
Where on the expat tax return income is taxed and how it is taxed depends upon whether the income is effectively connected with a US trade or business. Strohl provides a helpful chart of income types and how to determine if they are taxed.
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Expat Tax -- 2006 Tax Changes that Impact Expats
By Marc J. Strohl, CPA
Effective January 1, 2006 as amended by IRC Sec. 515 of the Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005 (TIPRA) that until this date the first $80,000 earned overseas was excluded from US taxation, with the next dollar earned overseas treated as though it were the first dollar of income and taxed at the very lowest tax bracket.
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American Expats -- Tax Issues To Know Before You Go
By Marc J. Strohl, CPA
From the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion (Form 2555) to tax considerations for the self-employed expatriate, this article provides a comprehensive checklist of information for the US person to consider prior to accepting an assignment outside the US.
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Hong Kong -- Inheritance Taxes for Expats
By Howard Bilton
Despite the abolition of the estate duty in Hong Kong, many residents of Hong Kong are subject to estate duties or inheritance taxes by other countries, where they have investments or are domiciled.
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Living in France -- Double Taxation Treaty
By Steve Grover
Under the new agreement for the first five years after becoming a resident of France your wealth tax liability will only be based on French assets, with all other assets outside France not being taken into account.
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Expat Taxes -- Taxation of Expats in the UK
By Prepared by Richard Watts-Joyce CTA - Global Tax Network, London
Information for UK Expats about UK Tax Issues. Includes residence claims, tax planning, tax compliance, PAYE tax (Pay as You Earn) and more.
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Expat Taxes -- Income Earned Abroad
By Donald Walter, CPA
Americans living abroad are subject to US tax liability on their foreign earned income -- even though the foreign country may tax the same earnings.
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