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Appreciated Conversation with Honourable Mike Sullivan (NDP), fellow US Person in Canada … Reasonable Cause, Certificates of Loss of Nationality, etc.
Mike Sullivan, MP, York South-Weston, has given his permission to share my email “conversation” with him.
My original email to Honourable Mike Sullivan, MP (NDP):
Estate Planing — as US Persons living abroad, what should the instructions be (for us still connected in any way to the US)?
Below is a link to valuable planning advice for seniors (or, really, for anybody).
Just how should we update these instructions to include what we have to do if we are also a “US person” in another country?
What should we do to make sure that a disabled member of our family (including those who may eventually be affected by an unfortunate accident, dementias, etc.) is properly looked after from whatever our estates will be?
Can we satisfy the laws of the country we live in and the country we left, the USA? If so, what will be the extra expense, administration for a US person living abroad?
My further correspondence with one of our Canadian NDP Members of Parliament
I heard again from Honourable Mike Sullivan and responded:
“Thanks once again for getting back to me. …
We at the site, http://isaacbrocksociety.com/The Isaac Brock Society, LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL UNITED STATES PERSONS IN CANADA AND ABROAD, have been very pleased with your office’s and Mr. Sullivan’s immediate response to my original correspondence, as well as seeing the position that the NDP has stated on this important issue. I will be very pleased to hear from you further Mr. Sullivan, when you are back in Ottawa.
In the meantime, response due from Douglas Shulman, today.
http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-utl/recommendations_tad2011-1.pdf
Response Due:
January 26, 2012
October 26, 2011
MEMORANDUM FOR DOUGLAS SHULMAN, COMMISSIONER OF
INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
FROM: Nina E. Olson
National Taxpayer Advocate
SUBJECT: Recommendations Regarding Taxpayer Advocate
Directive 2011-1
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IRS Commissioner Shulman to Deliver Keynote Speech at Tax Council Policy Institute Annual Symposium, February
February Event in Washington, D.C., to Focus on Tax Risk Issues
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — The Tax Council Policy Institute (TCPI) announced today that Douglas H. Shulman, commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), will deliver the opening keynote speech at its 13th Annual Tax Policy and Practice Symposium, scheduled for Feb.15-16 at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Washington, D.C.
Finance Canada says we have the opportunity to have our say
http://www.fin.gc.ca/activty/consult_-eng.asp
CONSULTING WITH CANADIANS
Good planning starts with listening. Finance Canada consults with Canadians on issues large and small, enabling public input on policy options. The Department tries to ensure that as many people as possible – whether they represent businesses, groups with special interests or individual Canadians – get the opportunity to have their say.
Queen's University Professor available to talk about IRS going after 1 million 'US persons' in Canada
IRS going after Canadian-American citizens
Taxpayer Advocate Services Report to Congress also addressed Taxpayer Rights, questionable we have all of these…
National Taxpayer Advocate Recommendation. In light of the IRS’s unique role as the federal revenue collector, the National Taxpayer Advocate recommends that Congress develop new budget procedures designed to fund the IRS at a level that will enable it to meet taxpayer needs and maximize tax compliance, with due regard for protecting taxpayer rights and minimizing taxpayer burden.
More Innocent Spouses Qualify for Relief Under New IRS Guidelines
http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=252036,00.html?portlet=107
It may refer to other aspects for being an innocent spouse, but we have many innocent Canadian spouses who are affected by the IRS overreach into other countries.
“The IRS is significantly changing the way we determine innocent spouse relief,” said IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman. “These improvements should dramatically enhance our process to make it fairer for victimized taxpayers facing difficult situations.”