These days there are handy hints all over the place telling us all how to save UK tax before the new UK tax year starts on 6 April 2012.  Many of these ideas will also work really well for US citizens in the UK. Others have specific US tax pitfalls. We highlight below the Top […]

You may or not be aware but as a result of the UK Government’s £917 million spending review, new initiatives have been launched to tackle tax evasion, avoidance and fraud from 2011/12.  The aim is to raise an additional £7 billion each year by 2014/15.Thirty new UK taskforces are being set up to crack down […]

[UPDATE:  This blog post has been updated.  Current information can be found in this April 2012 entry.]

Governments plan to step up information exchange to reduce tax evasion One might imagine that foreign financial institutions wouldn’t want to bother with the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) right now. After all, the Internal Revenue Service just published another 400 pages of FATCA regulations, and these are still nowhere near the final set […]

April 6 is not only the time to wish you “Happy New Year” as it is the beginning of the 2012/13 UK tax year, but it is also the date that the “lifetime allowance” in respect of contributions made to UK pension plans are substantially reduced. The lifetime allowance is the amount that you (or […]

PLEASE NOTE: THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL UPDATES SINCE THIS POST AND SOME LINKS HAVE BEEN DISABLED AS A RESULT. PLEASE READ THE LATEST INFORMATION HERE. Non-compliant Americans overseas now have five simple choices available. US citizens, residents and green card holders are required to file annual US tax returns whether or not they live in the […]

Last night, we gathered at the world famous Princess Anne Theatre at British Academy of Film and Television Arts for a seminar on tax in 2012, “The Life of An American Abroad”. The speakers were: Darlene Hart, CEO, US Tax and Financial Services Group LTD Gregory J. Dean, Esq., Tax Director for US Tax & […]