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Media and Blog Articles – part 2 of 11 (Year 2015)

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Media and Blog Articles

EmBee suggested that it would be good if there was a thread for new articles, so that people would be aware of where to comment. So, I created this permanent page.  You could mention such articles in the comment stream for this page, or if I see one on another thread, I can copy the link to here. I’ll keep adding to the list, but not deleting, so we’ll end up having sort of a “bibliography” too.  [Note:  Some articles are not open for comments]

For more articles on FATCA, enter FATCA into Google then click on the link “more news for fatca” just below the most recent featured article.

Note also: JC suggests to see #FATCA on Twitter for latest breaking news. JC finds that is quite a good source and there even are some international articles that one may read using Google Translate.” Others may help certain tweets and articles remain in elevated position by retweeting them.

Be sure to read the comment stream for this thread — there are usually very recent articles mentioned there that are not yet on this list.

2015.01.01
Raising revenue off Caribbean backs, Bruce Zagaris, NationNews, Barbados.
On or about 2016.01.01
16 issues to make 2016 candy for the market, Westfield Times.
2015.12.31
Tax reporting norms: FinMin updates guidance note on compliance, K.R. Srivats, Hindu Business Line, India.
2015.12.30
Top Tax Blogs from 2015, Tax Connections. (Congratulations to John Richardson and Lynne Swanson who placed 2nd and 4th!)
Global dragnet puts pressure on tax evaders as year-end deadlines loom, Jeff Gray, Globe and Mail, Canada.
IRS Employee Whose Job Was Assisting Victims Of Identity Theft Charged in $1 Million Identity Theft Tax Fraud, Paul Caron, TaxProfBlog, US.
How America’s Wealthiest Are Saving Billions Through a Private Tax System, TruthDig.
RA Returns Home, TaxProTalk forum.
2015.12.29
For the Wealthiest, a Private Tax System That Saves Them Billions, Noam Scheiber and Patricia Cohen, New York Times, US.
IRS Stirs Up New Crisis With Non-Profits Over Social Security Numbers, Eric Pianin, The Fiscal Times.
DNC Must Heed Warning Bells From 2000, Bennet Kelley, Huffington Post, US.
2015.12.28
IRS Creates “International Practice Units” for their IRS Revenue Agents in International Tax Matters, Patrick Martin, Tax-Expatriation, US.
MF investors: Les than a4th comply with US tax law, Jayshree P. Upadhyay & Ashley Coutinho, Business Standard, India.
IRS service should improve after some saw their ‘worst tax season,” advocate says, Robert Schroeder, MarketWatch, US.

Articles from earlier in 2015 are at this link

 Articles from 2014 are at this link

Media and Blog Articles Open for Comment thread, Part 1 of 2, is at this link

Media and Blog Articles Open for Comment thread, Part 3 of 3, is at this link

1,837 thoughts on “Media and Blog Articles – part 2 of 11 (Year 2015)”

  1. @ Queenston
    NO, they are not charging for relinquishments … yet. They’d probably like to though. I think that came from the discussion Brock had about there being fees for CLNs and the conclusion was the wording was a bit ambiguous but so far the fee is only for renunciation.

  2. EmBee and Calgary Pacifica.

    With friends like the person who posted inaccurate information on ehMac, our enemies don’t have to work very hard to discredit us. Thanks for checking this claim; we need to be sure about any information we use to make our case.

  3. @ Queenston
    It looks like a simple mistake and I see he’s already fixed it. There were some on Brock that thought the same for awhile until it all got thrashed out. I can’t remember which thread that was.

  4. @ EmBee and Queenston,

    Oh, that’s good. He’s basically posting really good stuff and making important points known to the readers of EhMac. It’s definitely hard (for all of us, I think) to keep all the details of this convoluted mess straight. Super that he revised that line, it reads great now.

  6. @JC
    I agree with that author who says FATCA should have been challenged long before it became so entrenched. When something becomes the new normal- it is hard to undo.

  8. sadly information already sent to the IRS will be kept and used by the US, unless an injunction against sending data is granted, all data sent during the legal process will also be used by the US

  12. All – The following short video (Does it make financial sense to renounce your U.S. citizenship?) was sent to me by a US-renounced friend much concerned with some of what was said. While much of the information is accurate, the interviewee’s banter is so fast that some points can easily be taken out of context, leaving anyone who watches this (and the financial interviewer is fairly well known – Carrick) with big scary misconceptions.

    http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/video/video-carrick-talks-money-does-it-make-financial-sense-to-renounce-your-us-citizenship/article23612232/
    I don’t see any immediate opportunity to comment but this is a Globe and Mail video and Carrick should be contacted/corrected.

  14. Previous Brock discussion on that link starts here: http://isaacbrocksociety.ca/media-and-blog-articles-open-for-comments-part-2-of-2/comment-page-14/#comment-6289524.

    …and here is more regarding the same and another in the series: https://renounceuscitizenship.wordpress.com/2015/07/20/the-american-in-canada-investor-education-from-tfritchie-interviewed-by-rcarrick/.

    I just made a comment to Polly about short sound bytes of information by mainstream media. This is a good example — not enough time or words to begin to cover the subject.

    Contact Rob Carrick by email, rcarrick@globeandmail.com, Personal Finance Columnist at The Globe and Mail.

  19. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/family-in-calgary-may-be-forced-out-of-canada-because-of-baby-1.3162610

    A Nigerian couple who came to Calgary as skilled workers may be forced to leave because their baby was born in the U.S. while their immigration documents were being processed. …

    While the couple waited for their visas, they followed through with another previous arrangement to travel to the United States for several months. They had already planned a vacation in that country, so the two decided then it would make more sense to have the child in the U.S.

    “This was more certain,” said Deborah Tawose. “I do not have the Canadian visa yet so I couldn’t have think about coming to Canada to have the baby.”

    Plus, her husband says, the baby would automatically have American citizenship, an added bonus for its future.

  20. Too bad Deborah didn’t think of coming to Canada to have her baby instead of the US — the bonus of US citizenship for their child’s future may or may not be a blessing. Awareness of all this will be important for that family.

    Good news though on this morning’s news that Dimeji and Deborah Tawose, both medical radiographers who came to Calgary though the federal skilled worker program, and their three children will all now receive temporary resident permits, a one-year reprieve to get things sorted out.

  21. Good morning, Polly.

    The comparison I was making was *alternatiave media* compared to *mainstream media*. The comment I made yesterday regarding the ThatChannel.com one-hour discussion with Peter, John and Tricia compared to The Globe and Mail too short clip and advice to those considering renouncing US citizenship in less than two minutes: http://isaacbrocksociety.ca/2015/07/18/the-shot-heard-round-the-world-live-from-thatchannel-com/comment-page-3/#comment-6314707. Most news for the public, and generally, not given much of a time slot in the regular media. Seems there are media guidelines that come from somewhere. In my old mind, journalism used to be much more informative and responsible.

    Yes, it is difficult at Brock to go back to find a particular comment.

  22. Good late afternoon Calgary! 🙂
    Ah so.
    In the meantime, I was wondering if we need somebody pro bono in public relations to work with us….

  23. Cross-posting here as well…

    On CBC Calgary morning news, but this is the only place I found it on the internet:
    UN Human Rights Committee slams Canada for record on women / aboriginal women and numerous other matters, ranging from refugees to Bill C-51, the new anti-terror law

    The UN’s first report card on Canada in 10 years was released Thursday, and measues whether the country has met its human rights obligations.

    At least 26 human rights organizations, including the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, Amnesty International Canada and Human Rights Watch, submitted their own separate reports to the 18-member independent committee on the various issues.

    Overall, the report took exception to Canada’s failure to set up a way to implement some of the committee’s recommendations.

    “It should take all necessary measures to establish mechanisms and appropriate procedures to give full effect to the committee’s views so as to guarantee an effective remedy when there has been a violation of the covenant,” the report said.

    (says – More to come)

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    UN Report On Canada’s Human Rights Record A ‘Wake-Up Call’

    The report, published Thursday, is the first substantive review of the country’s human rights record under Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Conservative government.

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    July 23, 2015: “Canada: Amnesty International urges all levels of government to implement Human Rights Committee recommendations”

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