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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)”

  6. @orwell,

    Bunch of idiots who want to increase the taxes on businesses without realizing people will pay them. Shareholders, employees and customers. Governments like hidden taxes like this.
    America survives based on outsourcing it’s corporate tax structure to other countries. It’s own structure is so flawed people can’t afford to pay the tax. If our stuff wasn’t made or booked to China and Ireland etc we would have to pay 35% on the product profit or dividends etc.
    Of course those that can’t book or produce abroad are inverting, being purchased, going out of business or never being created in the first place.
    The American government has no shortage of revenue. It gushes in in huge amounts. It just has to stop giving stuff to people and building tanks and planes etc.

  10. Thanks Queenston. That put WhiteKat above EOttawa. Two more and it goes above deja vu and into 3rd page instead of 4th (most liked ). Bonus — now I know you can stil uptick comments after they close the commenting.

  13. Polly, your link doesn’t seem to work. There is a space between the letters so the link looks broken — though taking the space out didn’t help either.

  14. bubblebustin,

    I thought there was something very scary about the face of the article and you nailed what it was!

  17. @Innocente

    Thank you for the heads up on the WSJ op-ed piece. I’ve added my two cents to the comment section.

  21. @JC My father-in-law phoned me from the States this morning to tell me about the WSJ op-ed piece. I posted my story to the comments section yesterday. Since then, the piece/comments seem to be gaining traction. If IBS readers are inclined, head over and add your 2 cents to the comments section.

  22. @Innocente
    Great article and really interesting statement by David Kuenzi (of Thun Financial?) that the U.S. will not be reporting to foreign governments the info on U.S. citizens living in those countries.

  23. From Jack Townsend’s blog.

    National Taxpayer Advocate Nina Olsen Comments on FATCA and OVDP (10/31/15)
    Nina Olsen: “The problem with FATCA is that it imposes burdens on taxpayers at all sorts of levels, and it’s not clear what benefits we’re really going to get from it or what we’ll be able to do.

    My attention has been more on the foreign bank and financial account report and on the offshore voluntary disclosure arrangements. I could make a strong case that those violate many of our rights.”
    http://federaltaxcrimes.blogspot.ca/2015/10/national-taxpayer-advocate-nina-olsen.html

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