Beware of FATCA Letters
FATCA letters (sometime called Self Certification letters) are going out from banks around the world to millions of US expats in readiness for reporting their financial information to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). If you are one of the 8
IRS Most Common Tax Notices and What They Mean
The IRS has redesigned its correspondence notices to be more “user friendly.” This is supposed to make their notices easier to understand and therefore allow responses to occur in a more effective and efficient manner. IRS tax notices will now
US Taxation of Foreign trusts: Foreign grantor trust
What is a foreign grantor trust (“FGT”). A FGT is typically used when a non-U.S. Person individual (i.e., an individual who is a non-U.S. citizen, not a “green card” holder, or otherwise not considered a U.S. income tax resident) wishes