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Media and Blog Articles – Part 1 of 11 (to 26 May 2015)

You can access all years at this link:

http://isaacbrocksociety.ca/media-and-blog-articles-links-for-all-years/

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.

26 May 2015:  This thread is now closed.  It continues at Media and Blog Articles Open for Comment, Part 2 of 2.

2015.05.26

New Survey finds US expat voting could impact 2016 Presidential Election, Greenback Expat Tax Services, NASDAQ GlobeNewswire.

This congressional committee wants to hear all your FOIA gripes, Colby Itkowitz, Washington Post, US.

The black money recovery skills of IT department are nothing to write home about, Vivek Kaul, The Daily Reckoning.

2015.05.25

The Intersection of US Federal Tax Law with Collection of International Information- – Including Other  Federal Agencies, Patrick W. Martin, TaxExpatriaation, US.

2015.05.23

America the not so brave:  America has led the global assault on tax dodgers and their enablers.  But the reality still lags behind the rhetoric, The Economist, UK.

Cash Banned from Chase Safe Deposit Boxes, Matt Chilliak, Live and Invest News.

2015.05.22

US Steuergesetz hat unerwartete globale Konsequenzen, Colleen Graffy, Geopolitical Information Service.  Also at Consequences of US widening net to catch tax dodgers, Colleen Graffy, World Review.

The horse may have bolted … but, Angelo Venardos, Asia Asset Management.

Important Correction:  Passports Required to Enter and Leave US — but SSNs May be Optional, Patrick W. Martin, Tax Expatriation, US.

2015.05.21

Americans working abroad face unexpected financial issues, Sarah O’Brien, NBC, US.

Senate tax reform groups get more time, Bernie Becker, The Hill, US.

2015.05.20

Malaysia will defer FATCA reporting, FSI Tax Posts.

America’s Self-Inflicted Wound, Moises Naim, The Atlantic, US.

Janice Mays:  The Tax Guru Who Guides House Democrats, Alex Brown, National Journal, US.

Sen. Rand Paul Launches Filibuster in Protest of Patriot Act Renewal, C-SPAN, US.

Articles from earlier in 2015 are at this link

Articles from 2014 are at this link

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

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

3,971 thoughts on “Media and Blog Articles – Part 1 of 11 (to 26 May 2015)”

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  2. Has anyone figured out how to make a comment on that “dual citizen” article in the G&M? I can’t figure out how to do it even though I am logged in!

  3. GwEvil,

    I don’t know. I’ve made a comment as I have to many other G&M articles. It works for me but, I’m sorry, I don’t know how.

  4. I know I have done so before but I cannot get to the comments section on that one at all….VERY FRUSTRATING!

  6. Also Osgood sent me this…a break out in the CBC equivalent in NZ, Radio National.

    FATCA Top Story on the Radio National website: http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/political/235129/government-has-'no-choice'-over-privacy-info

    First story on 8pm news: http://www.radionz.co.nz/radionz/programmes/news-bulletin/audio/2584610/radio-new-zealand-news

    Segment on the Afternoon panel:

    http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2584581/the-panel-with-penny-ashton-and-susan-hornsby-geluk-part-1

    Segment starts at 08:10. FCC lawyer from PWC gives the party line. They still seem to think it is about Americans living here.

    When I get time I will email them: afternoons@radionz.co.nz

    Also, here is the journalist who broke the story in the Dom Post and on Stuff.

    Ben Heather
    Social issues reporter

    ben.heather@dompost.co.nz
    @BHeatherJourno
    04 474 0519
    027 296 0761

  7. Again from Osgood whose wife has been listening to Radio National while he was working. 🙂

    More National Radio links:

    Interview with David Parker, who is on the Select Committee: http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2584601/labour-wants-us-to-hand-over-nzers%27-tax-details

    Another clip with quote from David Clark, also on Select Committee: http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2584585/government-says-no-choice-but-to-bend-to-us-demands


  8. Time to debunk the myth of the tax-free expat

    At yahoo Finance…

    Many people dream of what it might be like to pack up everything and move abroad. Currently, there are more than 6.3 million Americans who have done just that, keeping their U.S. passport but building a new life in one of more than 160 countries around the world.

    And recently, a growing wave of residents are taking the biggest plunge of all, giving up their American citizenship altogether. The number of annual renunciations has increased ten-fold since 2006, with a record 3,000 Americans giving up their U.S. passports in 2013 alone, according to data released by the Treasury Department this week.

    But if their primary motivating factor for living abroad is to avoid taxes, Americans might be disappointed. Unless you’ve completely renounced your citizenship, non-U.S. residents abroad still have to file federal income taxes, whether or not their income is coming from the States, and even if they’re already paying foreign income taxes.

  19. Reuters opinion piece “More Americans should work abroad” which includes a discussion on tax issues faced by Americans abroad and how obtaining a green card is avoided by many would-be immigrants:

    “It is also true that unlike British or German professionals, Americans who live and work abroad have to pay taxes on the income they earn outside of the United States. There is, to be sure, a credit that shields some of the income Americans earn abroad from U.S. taxes. Frankly, if you’re not a high-flying entrepreneur or business executive earning large sums, you probably won’t pay all that much. Even so, it is huge pain in the neck that is causing many almost-Americans — i.e., lawful permanent residents, many of whom studied at U.S. colleges and universities, or who grew up at least part of the time in the U.S. — to surrender their green cards rather than deal with this hassle. Consider the China-born software coder who speaks unaccented American English after a stint at Harvard Business School, and who loves the United States as much as she loves her native country. She could be a great asset to America over the long-run, and if the terrifying complexity of the U.S. tax code causes her to sever ties with our country, we all lose.

    Moreover, the fact that taxes on income earned abroad hits high-flying American entrepreneurs and executives living abroad is actually a pretty bad thing in itself. These Americans are, in effect, our informal ambassadors. They build commercial relationships that redound to the benefit of all Americans. When they return home, which most of them eventually do, they bring with them relationships and know-how that contribute to economic growth. Think of them as the honeybees who collect pollen from around the world and eventually bring it back to the hive.”

    http://blogs.reuters.com/reihan-salam/2014/02/07/more-americans-should-work-abroad/

  20. @ Arrow
    Yours is best of the bunch. Well done! And thank you. I hope you are feeling well these days. Your writing is certainly as sharp as ever.

  22. That is a fantastic article and, as I was reading, I thought, “It’s almost as though she is dealing with this personally” and then at the end it says exactly that. I just tweeted it.

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