A series of information sessions (some formal presentations and some informal discussions); for information concerning the content of the programs please see here. John Richardson is a Toronto citizenship lawyer, the co-chairman of the Alliance for the Defence of Canadian Sovereignty as well as the Alliance for the Defeat of Citizenship Taxation. He is aContinue reading “Considering renouncing US citizenship? @Expatriationlaw information sessions Fall 2018”
Category Archives: FATCA
CANADIAN FATCA IGA LAWSUIT UPDATE: October 3, 2018 Plaintiffs’ Memorandum of Argument Has Been Submitted to Canada’s Federal Court
cross-posted from Brock. by Stephen J. Kish CANADIAN FATCA IGA LAWSUIT UPDATE Here is the Memorandum of Argument of our Plaintiffs (Gwen and Kazia) for our FATCA IGA legislation lawsuit that was submitted on October 3, 2018 to Canada’s Federal Court. [Note that text is limited to 30 pages.]Continue reading “CANADIAN FATCA IGA LAWSUIT UPDATE: October 3, 2018 Plaintiffs’ Memorandum of Argument Has Been Submitted to Canada’s Federal Court”
Ways & Means Urged to Hold a Hearing on #FATCA
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FATCA Repeal Update: The action to take right now!
#FATCA Repeal Update: The action to take right now!https://t.co/5xuVgYEvZY — U.S. Expat Canada (@USExpatCanada) July 27, 2018 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js From Global Advocate for the American Overseas, Keith Redmond is this important message: ATTENTION AMERICANS OVERSEAS! There is a SERIOUS bi-partisan push for an updated FATCA hearing to address the sharing of personal financial data and theContinue reading “FATCA Repeal Update: The action to take right now!”
Legislative History Reveals FATCA Had Nothing To Do With Collecting Tax Revenue From U.S. Persons With Foreign Accounts Evading Taxes (Part I)
reprinted with permission from Tax Connections Prior to the enactment of FATCA, Congress and the Executive were in possession of concrete-evidence revealing FATCA would fail to collect any meaningful amount of tax-revenue from U.S. persons evading tax through offshore financial center holdings. Congress should have halted enactment of HIRE – if in fact, FATCA’s purposeContinue reading “Legislative History Reveals FATCA Had Nothing To Do With Collecting Tax Revenue From U.S. Persons With Foreign Accounts Evading Taxes (Part I)”
U.S., U.K., Canada, Australia and Netherlands form international tax enforcement group
According to an article by Michael Cohn in Accounting Today, a multi-lateral tax enforcement group has been formed. TThe Joint Chiefs of Global Tax Enforcement (or J5 for short), intend to “collaborate in fighting international and transnational tax crimes and money laundering.” U.S., U.K., Canada, Australia and Netherlands form international tax enforcement group https://t.co/x3bX03Ardw EnoughContinue reading “U.S., U.K., Canada, Australia and Netherlands form international tax enforcement group”
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”
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”
Taxation of #AmericansAbroad in the 21st Century: “Country of birth” Taxation vs. “Country of Residence” Taxation- Part I
cross-posted from citizenshipsolutions by John Richardson Update January 2018: This post has been updated with some new links and discussion. Prologue – The “Story Of The Century 200,000 Saudi US citizens liable to pay taxes | Arab News — Saudi Arabia News, Middle East News: http://t.co/lPmRfQ5gf5 via @Arab_News — John Richardson – U.S. CitizenshipContinue reading “Taxation of #AmericansAbroad in the 21st Century: “Country of birth” Taxation vs. “Country of Residence” Taxation- Part I”
Treasury Department Responds, so to speak, to Rep Bill Posey’s #FATCA letter
Last September, due to the efforts of Suzanne Herman, Representative Bill Posey (R-FL) sent an excellent letter to Treasury Secretary Mnuchin, asking him to deal with #FATCA. This post included the text of the letter and some 60+ comments from Brockers. What Rep. Posey received is a stark contrast to the expectationContinue reading “Treasury Department Responds, so to speak, to Rep Bill Posey’s #FATCA letter”
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