citizenshiptaxation

If you want to be a Shareholder in our Canadian Business then you must Renounce U.S. Citizenship

Americans are experiencing discrimination in banking but also, as shareholders cross-posted from citizenship solutions by John Richardson The unified message from all should be that: The United States should stop imposing “worldwide taxation” on people who have “tax residency” in other countries and do NOT live in the United States! This is aContinue reading “If you want to be a Shareholder in our Canadian Business then you must Renounce U.S. Citizenship”

March 22, 2018 Canadian FATCA IGA Litigation in Federal Court Update: New Timetable

Canadian FATCA IGA litigation UPDATE March 22, 2018 The attorneys for our side (our side are Plaintiffs Gwen and Kazia, the Alliance for the Defence of Canadian Sovereignty — the “client”, and our supporters) and the attorneys for Mr. Justin Trudeau’s Government have just agreed on the timing for the next steps of our CanadianContinue reading “March 22, 2018 Canadian FATCA IGA Litigation in Federal Court Update: New Timetable”

Part 5: Responding to the Sec. 965 “transition tax”: Shades of #OVDP! April 15/18 is your last, best chance to comply!

cross posted from citizenship solutions by John Richardson I suggested to John that some might not understand why a similarity between OVDP and the Transition Tax was being made. He asked me to introduce the post to make sure it was clear that the U.S. government has demonstrated that confiscation is the nameContinue reading “Part 5: Responding to the Sec. 965 “transition tax”: Shades of #OVDP! April 15/18 is your last, best chance to comply!”

IRS Announces the end of #OVDP – Fascinating Reactions from the Tax Compliance Community

OVDP Program cross-posted from citizenshipsolutions by John Richardson IRS announces the end of #OVDP: Fascinating tweets from the “OVDP Historians” who compose the tax compliance community IRS announces the end of #OVDP: Fascinating tweets from the "OVDP Historians" who compose the tax compliance community #OVDP: Reactions from the “tax compliance community” (andContinue reading “IRS Announces the end of #OVDP – Fascinating Reactions from the Tax Compliance Community”

Part IV-Sec 965 Transition Tax – Comparing Treatment of Homeland Americans to the Treatment of Non-Residents

cross posted from citizenshipsolutions by John Richardson CLICK TO ENLARGE Great presentation! Lawyer Monte Silver explains how the @USTransitionTax is very much like the 2011 #OVDI program! Do you remember: "This is your last best chance to come into compliance!" Well,Continue reading “Part IV-Sec 965 Transition Tax – Comparing Treatment of Homeland Americans to the Treatment of Non-Residents”

Part 3-Responding to the Sec 965 Transition Tax- They Hate you for Your Pensions!

cross posted from citizenshipsolutions by John Richardson The discussion around the @USTransitionTax and it's possible applicability to #Americansabroad shows why U.S. @nonresidenttax must end – Dangerous to be American if you don't live in America! https://t.co/00Sm2xc8Kl pic.twitter.com/ub0cQz1SkY — John Richardson – Counsellor for US persons abroad (@ExpatriationLaw) March 9, 2018 Introduction This is the thirdContinue reading “Part 3-Responding to the Sec 965 Transition Tax- They Hate you for Your Pensions!”

FOI CHALLENGE – Calling all MODEL 1 IGA COUNTRIES

Over at FixTheTaxTreaty! we wanted to know how much FATCA data was being sent from Australia to the IRS, so we submitted a Freedom of Information request to the Australian Tax Office. We found that the numbers were much higher than we had expected. As much as 6%(!) of the non-retirement financial assets ofContinue reading “FOI CHALLENGE – Calling all MODEL 1 IGA COUNTRIES”

Part 2: The transition tax: Is “resistance futile”? The possible use of the Canada U.S. tax treaty to defeat the “transition tax”

cross-posted from citizenshipsolutions blog by John Richardson Beginning with the conclusion (for those who don’t want to read the post) … For the reasons given in this post, I believe that there are grounds to argue that the imposition of the Sec. 965 “transition tax” on Canadian resident/citizens DOES violate the Canada U.S. taxContinue reading “Part 2: The transition tax: Is “resistance futile”? The possible use of the Canada U.S. tax treaty to defeat the “transition tax””

Part 1: Responding to The Section 965 “Transition Tax”: “Resistance is Futile” but “Compliance is Impossible”

Cross-posted from the citizenshipsolutions blog by John Richardson Part 1: Responding to The Section 965 “transition tax”: “Resistance is futile” but “Compliance is impossible” https://t.co/HMUi0Nw1rU — John Richardson – lawyer for "U.S. persons" abroad (@ExpatriationLaw) March 2, 2018 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Introduction and background … “This legislation is being interpreted by a number of tax professionalsContinue reading “Part 1: Responding to The Section 965 “Transition Tax”: “Resistance is Futile” but “Compliance is Impossible””

Solving U.S. Citizenship Problems – London U.K. – March 7, 2018

WEDNESDAY MARCH 7, 2018 LONDON UK 7:00 – 9:00 pm Are you a US citizen living abroad? Should the U.S. be able to tax the residents and citizens of other countries? What factors are involved; how do I make a reasonable decision about what to do? How will recent Tax Reform affect my situation?Continue reading “Solving U.S. Citizenship Problems – London U.K. – March 7, 2018”