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US Clients Contacted By Swiss Tax Authority

US persons with Swiss bank accounts will soon be receiving a letter requesting their permission to send their account information to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), as part of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). On Tuesday, 22nd April, Switzerland’s Federal Tax Administration (FTA) announced this move and provided the content of the letter, […]

New IRS Warning On Phishing Schemes

Consumers are being encouraged to be vigilant when managing their US taxes, after the IRS highlighted a new email phishing scheme, which falsely claims to be from the Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS). The new scam features and email which appears to be from the government body and includes a false case number. The phishing emails […]

Six Things You Should Know About Virtual Currency and Your Tax Obligations

Following the growth in the number of environments and situations where virtual currency, such as Bitcoin, operates as ‘real’ currency, the IRS has announced that virtual currency will be treated as property for tax purposes, rather than currency. The IRS has provided guidance on the tax implications of transactions using virtual currency. Currently, in some […]

UK Budget: 2014 Highlights

This month saw the UK Chancellor’s Budget announcement.  Below are the areas we believe may affect our clients. Please note that some of these are with immediate effect. Changes with effect from 19 March 2014: UK Residential Property for non-natural persons The government is extending the tax regime on UK dwellings owned by non-UK companies, […]

15 Things You Must Do Before the 15th April Deadline

Are you a US person? Do you know what the 15th April tax deadline means to you? Below US Tax & Financial outlines the 15 things you need to do or think about before Tuesday 15th April. US tax compliance is something that many push to the back of their minds until the deadline is upon us. After all, […]

Year-End Financial Check-Up

This post was written by guest contributor Kristopher Heck.  Kris is a Financial Advisor with Tanager Wealth. We are fast approaching the end of the UK tax year* and US citizens living in the UK should be considering a number of items that impact your household finances: Get up to date with your pension contributions […]

Are You Affected By FACTA and International Tax Compliance?

Andrew Aldridge, Tax Director at US Tax & Financial Services, recently provided expert comment for an article in The Times, which highlighted how the IRS is targeting US persons in the UK under new rules to combat tax evasion. The article in The Times (Saturday 15th March 2014) highlighted how The IRS is on the trail of […]

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