Choosing an investment advisor can be tricky for expats. Advisors abroad don't understand US taxation issues and advisors in the US don't understand the special issues of Americans abroad.
The Obama administration is pushing through legislation and administrative changes designed to increase tax compliance among American citizens living abroad. For most expats who properly file their taxes, the implications are minimal with the exception of taxation on investments of non-US mutual funds, hedge funds and other types of pooled investments.
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.
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?
Trying to decide where to move abroad, don't overlook Panama! If you're a retiree, Panama has the best incentive program in the world for foreign retirees.
How does the expat community spend Christmas away from home? What’s the best present to send if you’re living abroad and how can you keep in touch during the busy holiday season?
Your U.S. dollars have more buying power in euro-land right now than they've had in two years. And the market in Paris, for both sales and rentals, is soft, down, and falling.
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.
If only you had bought that fixer upper in Paris or bought land on that great island before it was a popular tourist destination... Kathleen Peddicord discusses how to diversify international real estate investments by region, market, type of investment and currency.
