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Month: January 2013
2013 Foreign Earned Income Exclusion
The most important tool in the U.S. expat’s tax toolbox is the foreign-earned income exclusion (referred to in tax-planning circles as the FEIE or ‘the exclusion’). If you qualify, it allows you to exclude up to US$97,600 in 2013 foreign-earned income from U.S. federal income tax.
Rare Strategic Metals: Hard Asset Investment With Potential Appreciation
My investment focus is real estate and other hard assets. When I’ve invested in stocks, I’ve mostly lost money. The problem for me with stocks is that you have to pay attention on a daily basis to each and every company in which you own shares. Hard assets make more sense to me for many […]
The Benefits Of Learning A Foreign Language
Heritage Foundation’s 2013 Index Of Economic Freedom
Where To Invest In Property In Croatia
Assuming the seven countries still to vote grant approval, Croatia is finally set for entry into the EU. The admission of a new country to the union must be ok’d unanimously by all member countries, creating lots of opportunity for political dealing. Slovenia, for example, wants Croatia to drop a lawsuit demanding that Slovenia make […]