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  • Asking AI if $4 Trillion in U.S. Wealth Held Offshore

    Asking AI if $4 Trillion in U.S. Wealth Held Offshore

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    Open AI; Is $4 Trillion in U.S. Wealth Held Offshore? It is difficult to determine the exact amount of U.S. wealth held offshore, as such data is often not disclosed or easily accessible. However, according to a 2017 report by the National Bureau of Economic Research, it was estimated that the total amount of U.S.…

  • How to Avoid Double Taxation by United States and Canada for a Dual Citizen

    How to Avoid Double Taxation by United States and Canada for a Dual Citizen

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    Can you be a Dual Citizen of U.S. and Canada? Yes, it is possible to be a dual citizen of both the United States and Canada. Both countries allow dual citizenship, meaning that an individual can be a citizen of both countries at the same time. However, becoming a dual citizen requires following specific legal…

  • Avoid IRS Penalties With Form 1099 Tips From the American Payroll Association

    Avoid IRS Penalties With Form 1099 Tips From the American Payroll Association

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    SAN ANTONIO, Jan. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Any business that hired an independent contractor in 2022 has until January 31 to submit Form 1099-NEC, Nonemployee Compensation, to the IRS or face penalties. New for this year, the IRS announced a new online filing portal for Forms 1099, the Information Returns Intake System (IRIS). Ensure your tax reporting is correct for 2022…

  • CRS Compliant ICO Operational Trading Platform

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    The one CRS and FATCA compliant ICO operational trading platform, exempt from SEC registration, is overseas retirement [box type=”note”]Regulatory focus on ICO’s: 2017 saw an enormous increase in the number of “Initial Coin Offerings” (ICOs) that have been arranged.[/box] [box type=”tick”]Over US$5.68 billion was said to have been raised in 2017, with over 1.4 billion in December 2017…

  • Free File Tops 50 Million Users Continuing to Serve the American Taxpayers

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    [box size=”large” style=”rounded”]Free File Saves Taxpayers $1.5 Billion Since Inception[/box] WASHINGTON, April 15, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Free File Program is pleased to announce that the Free File Alliance, the pioneering public-private partnership between industry-leading tax software companies and the IRS, that makes free tax software available to 70 percent of taxpayers, recently surpassed 50 million…

  • Anti-FATCA lawyer rejects Europe threat to US taxpayers

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    Sanctions unlikely, lobbyist says The leading advocate for repeal of the U.S. Foreign Accounts Tax Compliance Act has called “laughable” any attempt to sanction Washington – should it rescind FATCA – for noncompliance with copycat European tax laws. Washington-based anti-FATCA tax-lawyer and lobbyist James Jatras said European efforts to pinpoint U.S. taxpayers through the Organization…

  • Charitable Remainder Trust Problems

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    Charitable Remainder Trust Overview: 1) Trust status cannot extend to beneficiaries and participants The point for all to grasp is that whatever the legal, juridical and tax status of funding structures, that status cannot extend to beneficiaries and participants as individuals. That is why a trust is quite useless to beneficiaries and participants. Besides it…

  • How to avoid a scary PFIC Nightmare

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    A mutual fund that is invested in European stocks, but incorporated in the US may be taxed at a long term capital gains rate of 15%, but if the US taxpayer buys an identical fund listed outside the US, they will find their investment may be taxed at up to 50% The first de minimis…

  • Top 3 Immediate Considerations for Wealth Transfer Valuation Discounting from McManus & Associates

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    Recently proposed IRS regulations mean discounting opportunities could expire by year-end, explains top-rated tax and estate planning attorney  NEW YORK, NY – September 21, 2016 – Proposed Internal Revenue Service (IRS) regulations were recently issued that would eliminate discounting opportunities related to wealth transfer planning. McManus & Associates, a top-rated estate planning law firm with…