Tag: IRS
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How to Avoid Double Taxation by United States and Canada for a Dual Citizen
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…
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Avoid IRS Penalties With Form 1099 Tips From the American Payroll Association
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…
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CRS Compliant ICO Operational Trading Platform
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…
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Free File Tops 50 Million Users Continuing to Serve the American Taxpayers
[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…
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Anti-FATCA lawyer rejects Europe threat to US taxpayers
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…
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Charitable Remainder Trust Problems
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…
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Top 3 Immediate Considerations for Wealth Transfer Valuation Discounting from McManus & Associates
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…