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LOVE SCHMUV! Just K.I.S.S. (Keep It Separate Sweetheart) – US Tax Perils of Joint Ownership

My earlier blog post gave a head’s up to married couples about jointly owned assets when one spouse is a non-US citizen.  Virtually every aspect of the US tax rules are impacted by such joint ownership - income tax, gift tax, estate tax, tax information reporting and FBAR reporting under the Bank Secrecy Act. Today's post provides … Continue reading LOVE SCHMUV! Just K.I.S.S. (Keep It Separate Sweetheart) – US Tax Perils of Joint Ownership →

SHUTDOWN… Last IRS Agent to Leave, Please Turn off the Lights

For those of you who have been sleeping too much the past few days, let’s wake up and learn a bit about the face-off in Washington DC over the border security wall. Right now, there’s no federal budget in place and funding for many government agencies has disappeared, resulting in partial shutdowns for some, including … Continue reading SHUTDOWN… Last IRS Agent to Leave, Please Turn off the Lights →

JUST ANNOUNCED! Foreign Related Tax Inflation Adjustments for Tax Year 2019

The Internal Revenue Service today announced the tax year 2019 annual inflation adjustments for more than 60 tax provisions, including the tax rate schedules and other tax changes. Revenue Procedure 2018-57 provides details about these annual adjustments. The tax year 2019 adjustments generally are used on tax returns filed in 2020. For those of you … Continue reading JUST ANNOUNCED! Foreign Related Tax Inflation Adjustments for Tax Year 2019 →

US Owners of Foreign Corporations – Beware the Downsides

My earlier blog post introduced readers to the concepts of so-called CFCs and PFICs and some of the downsides of owning a "foreign" corporation. It analogized to quicksand simply because it is very easy to be swallowed up in harsh tax results and onerous reporting obligations if planning is not undertaken beforehand. I will remind … Continue reading US Owners of Foreign Corporations – Beware the Downsides →

Dividends from Foreign Corporations Part II – “Controlled Foreign Corporations”

Learn about the interplay between foreign corporations and eligibility for lower tax rates available only for "qualified dividends".  It's a complicated topic and all of the posts in the series should be read in order to understand the ramifications. Access links here Part I, Part II (which appears below) and Part III.  Unsurprisingly, many US owners of corporations … Continue reading Dividends from Foreign Corporations Part II – “Controlled Foreign Corporations” →

Section 965 “Transition Tax”: It’s Time to Pay the Piper

Copied below is my post as it appeared (March 21 2018) on my former blog "Let's Talk About US Tax" when hosted by Anglo Info. By now I suspect many of my readers have heard about (and are shedding tears over) new Internal Revenue Code Section 965, and the “deemed repatriation” or “transition tax” introduced by … Continue reading Section 965 “Transition Tax”: It’s Time to Pay the Piper →

Calculating the Transition Tax: Just Like Dental Work – Painful in More Ways Than One

Copied below is my blog piece originally posted on AngloInfo "Let's Talk About US Tax" posted on April 4, 2018 by Virginia La Torre Jeker J.D., Most readers have some familiarity by now with new Internal Revenue Code Section 965 and the “deemed repatriation” or “transition tax” introduced by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“TCJA”). Introductory detail about this new … Continue reading Calculating the Transition Tax: Just Like Dental Work – Painful in More Ways Than One →

Reminder – All About Alimony and the Foreign Spouse….If You Hate Your Spouse As Much as You Hate Paying Taxes …

My readers know that broad US tax reform was enacted in December under the commonly called Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“TCJA”).  Today’s post is a reminder of how the new tax rules will impact any US spouse who will be either paying or receiving alimony.   The clock is ticking and action must be taken … Continue reading Reminder – All About Alimony and the Foreign Spouse….If You Hate Your Spouse As Much as You Hate Paying Taxes … →