12 Countries to Exchange Taxpayer Info With IRS

See list of countries and details of agreements below

http://mobile.businessweek.com/news/2013-12-16/12-agreements-signed-to-help-u-dot-s-dot-fight-offshore-evasion-taxes

US EXPAT ARE STILL SUBJECT TO ESTATE & GIFT TAXES

Read below. As an expat you must include your assets everywhere in the world. Gifts include those made abroad.  Green card holders living abroad are not covered by these rules and will owe US estate taxes on US based assets exceeding $60,000 in total value.

http://www.timesdispatch.com/business/investment/time-to-check-the-list-for-financial-and-estate-planning/article_d9aa1b36-595b-5072-8360-5fe54d0dacab.html?mode=jqm

2014- Four Estate Planning Tips You Need to Know

http://www.fool.com/how-to-invest/personal-finance/taxes/2013/12/11/estate-tax-in-2014-4-things-you-need-to-know.aspx

What To Do When Your Foreign Banks Asks Questions

What To Say When (Not If) Your Offshore Bank Asks, 'Are You Compliant With IRS?' http://www.forbes.com/sites/robertwood/2013/12/04/what-to-say-when-not-if-your-offshore-bank-asks-are-you-compliant-with-irs/

IRS COLLECTING PENALTIES FOR LATE FILED FORMS 5471- INFORMATION REPORTS ON FOREIGN CORPORATIONS

Read more in article from Accounting Today. http://www.accountingtoday.com/news/IRS-Gets-Better-Assessing-Penalties-Late-Reporting-Foreign-Corporations-68888-1.html

US Signs FATCA Agreements With Cayman Islands, Costa Rica

Read More Here.  US Signs FATCA Agreements With Cayman Islands, Costa Rica  Time to start reporting your Costa Rica or Cayman Island Bank and Financial Accounts before it is too late. If you need to catch up email us.

CANADIAN BANKS WILL HELP US IRS NAIL TAX CHEATS

Canadian banks to be compelled to share clients' info with U.S. http://www.cbc.ca/m/touch/politics/story/1.2437975

What does Green card and Citizenship surrender have to do with it? Tina Turner Knows

U.S. Citizens Renouncing Skyrocket--- and thats now called the  Tina Turner effect.

In the past many  months we have assisted  and advised over one  hundred US Citizens or Green Card holder surrender their US status which also relieves them of having to file any future US tax returns. The
hardest part is that you must first acquire citizenship in another country.  It is a two part process with part one involving the US State Department and part two involving the IRS.

If you live abroad, and have dual citizenship and want to learn more, email me at ddnelson@gmail.com

Read More in Forbes about Surrendering your US Status

Hunt for US Tax Evaders Widens

From USA TODAY Hunt for offshore tax evaders widens Feds expand hunt for offshore tax evaders http://usat.ly/1cleDlK

Penalty for failure to get health insurance

How Big Is The Penalty If You Don't Get Health Insurance? http://www.forbes.com/sites/beltway/2013/11/07/how-big-is-the-penalty-if-you-dont-get-health-insurance/