Offshore Living Letter is a publication of Live and Invest Overseas. Our goal is to provide timely, actionable information on all things offshore, including: how to go offshore, diversifying your portfolio, wealth creation, protecting your assets, and much more.
Tag: Taxes
Offshore 101: Getting Educated About The Offshore World Going Offshore. Going offshore has in recent years become a more mainstream idea. Back in the 90s going offshore was thought to be only for criminals, drug lords, or tax dodgers. These days the offshore world is far from a foreign idea. What is FATCA? The Foreign Asset Tax Compliance [...]
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Dec
Legacy Planning
Planning Your Legacy And Protecting Future Generations The idea of legacy planning isn’t new. Families from the Rothschilds to the Duponts and the Kennedys have done it for a long time, and some European families have created plans that have maintained family wealth for centuries. The idea that those of us with less substantial assets might [...]
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Dec
Foreign Earned Income Exclusion
How To Take Advantage Of The FEIE You know my advice in tax season is to "beat the IRS" at its own game by complying with every technicality of our complex tax code... including (especially) those "loopholes" and technicalities that work to your advantage... One of the most powerful rules in the U.S. tax code [...]
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Dec
FATCA
The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) Despite the prosperity it has enjoyed under a free market, the United States in 2009 enacted legislation that many people view as the start of capital controls in America. That legislation is found hidden in a jobs’ bill, H.R. 2847 (also known as the HIRE Act), which became [...]
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Feb
The Biggest Year Of Voting In Global History
In 1789, Founding Father Benjamin Franklin wrote a letter to French physicist Jean-Baptiste Leroy. It contained a line that outlived both men and will likely still be around when you and I are long gone… “The only two certainties in life are death and taxes.” Now, far be it from me to factcheck The First [...]
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Apr
What A Successful Diversification Strategy Should Look Like
There’s no time to delay in getting your diversification plan
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Mar
Good News For Those Who File The FBAR
A few weeks ago, the United States Supreme Court handed down an
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Mar
Understanding U.S. Taxes When Living Abroad
What do the world’s only superpower, the United States, and a tiny African backwater, Eritrea, have
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Feb
The 3 Tax Advantages Available To Americans Overseas
I’ve dealt with some morons in my time. I’ll tell you about one of them in a moment. It relates to the theme of
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Jan
Tax Season Is Here: Here’s How To Beat The IRS At Its Own Game
‘Tis the season. Don’t worry—I’m not confused about what time of year