08/19/2019
Every year, global bank HSBC carries out the world’s largest and most influential survey of expats to find out what issues they face and more importantly, which are the best countries to live in. While for the last four years the results have been fairly similar, this year’s survey of over 18,000 expats in 33 […]
08/05/2019
American expats living in France, like all Americans around the world, are required to file US taxes, reporting their global income. When they file they can claim one or more IRS measures such as the Foreign Tax Credit and the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion that allow them to avoid double taxation. Expats are also required […]
06/27/2019
Many Americans living in France are in line for a IRS tax windfall after an US court ruled last week that expats could claim US tax credits against a French income tax that they previously weren’t allowed to. All Americans are required to file US taxes on their worldwide income, wherever in the world they […]
06/10/2019
The number of Americans living abroad, including expats and Digital Nomads, now totals over nine million. Many of them still receive mail in the US from time to time (or regularly) though, and a Virtual Mailbox Service provides a way for expats to see their US postal mail more or less instantly. The way the […]
06/03/2019
All Americans, including expats, are required to file US taxes, reporting their worldwide income. Expats may also have to report their foreign business interests, assets, and bank and investment accounts, including most foreign pension accounts. To avoid double taxation, rather than relying on the international tax treaties the US has signed, expats must claim one […]
03/07/2019
Canada is the second most popular destination for Americans living abroad (after Mexico), with an estimated one million US expats. Many US expats living in Canada aren’t sure about their US tax filing obligations though, and they often ask whether they need to file a US tax return, and, if so whether they need to […]
11/22/2018
Rome is for many people an unrivalled destination in terms of heritage and history. Of the estimated 170,000 Americans living in Italy, around half live in Rome, making the ancient city one of the world’s major US expat hubs, thanks to its architecture, culture, and legacy in Western Civilization. Unfortunately for Americans living in Rome […]
11/21/2018
More Americans are going overseas (Originally published in 2012) I wondered for some years if I was alone thinking that opportunities for folks in the States were becoming more and more limited and if a relocation to another country might be the new “American West” – the place where dreams of good fortune and better […]
10/22/2018
Last week, Engand’s Prince Harry and his American wife Princess Meghan Markle announced that they are expecting a baby, just five months after their globally televized wedding. The news was well received across America, a welcome piece of good news in an otherwise politically charged news cycle An unusual subplot to the story though is […]
10/15/2018
In a wide ranging 2016 survey, Madrid was voted the number one preferred destination for expats in Europe. An estimated 25,000 lucky Americans live there, enjoying its culture, architecture, world class restaurants, galleries and museums, not to mention its two champion soccer teams. Combined with first world infrastructure and public services, and it’s easy to […]