The article was first published in Global Tax Weekly, issue 163. Below is the full text of the fifth article in the series on US taxes for US persons living outside the US. US Tax Compliance And Planning For US Executives, Entrepreneurs And Investors Living Outside The US – FBAR by Stephen Flott, and Natalia Kosyak,…
DetailsThe article was first published in Global Tax Weekly, issue 154. Below is the full text of the first article in the series on US taxes for US persons living outside the US. United States Tax Compliance And Planning For US Executives, Entrepreneurs And Investors Living Outside The US – An Overview by Stephen Flott…
DetailsFurther to our June 8th, 2014 email regarding the June 3rd, 2014 announcement by the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service that changes to the Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program (OVDP) and Streamlined Compliance Procedure (SCP) were under development, we are pleased to report that yesterday, the Service published changes to the SCP that substantially improve…
DetailsLast Thursday the IRS published an FBAR Reference Guide that clients will find helpful in explaining various aspects of the Foreign Bank Account Reporting regime, including key definitions and requirements. FBARs for 2013 are due no later than 30 June 2014 and must be filed electronically. Paper forms are no longer accepted. There is no…
DetailsOn March 10th, 2014, we had an opportunity to hold a follow up telephone discussion with the IRS about the Steamlined Filing Compliance Procedures for Non-Resident, Non-Filer US Taxpayers (SCP) introduced in June 2012. Readers of this blog will recall that we voiced several concerns about the SCP in a letter addressed to David Horton…
DetailsThe US taxes its citizens and residents based on their worldwide income. A US citizen living abroad can elect to exclude a certain amount of foreign earned income on his or her US income tax return, if certain requirements are met. For 2013, the maximum foreign earned income exclusion (“FEIE”) amount is $97,600 per taxpayer (amount indexed for inflation each year). The FEIE is available only to exclude income from wages or self-employment income earned for services performed outside the US. The FEIE is claimed on IRS Form 2555.
DetailsOn January 10, 2014, the US and Italy entered into a bilateral agreement for the implementation of FATCA The Italian agreement is based on the Model 1A treaty and requires Italian financial institutions to report their US account holders to the Italian government, which in turn will report those accounts to the US government. Similarly,…
DetailsUS persons with ownership interests in foreign corporations or who are directors or officers of foreign corporations are subject to special reporting rules. The first article of this series provided the general reporting requirements under Form 5471 which was followed by the second article of this series about the reporting requirements of “Category 2 Filers”, which are the reporting requirements of a US citizen or resident who is an officer or director of a foreign corporation. This article will focus on the reporting requirements of “Category 3 Filers”, which are the reporting requirements that are generally triggered when US persons acquire and dispose of stock in a foreign corporation.
DetailsAn individual residing in the US in G-IV visa status (“G-IV Taxpayer”) is generally taxed as a nonresident alien even though the individual may live in the US for an extended period of time. Generally, nonresident aliens are not subject to US capital gains tax with the exception of real property located in the US. However, there is an exception to this rule for nonresident aliens who have been in the US for more than 182 days in a given year.
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