Phil Hahn has been telling the same joke for years. He told it again at our Live And Invest In Belize conference last week. He’s a property developer—not a comedian—by trade, but likes to hear people laugh before he gets to the serious business of talking about
Tax Filing Primer For The American Abroad The second U.S. tax filing season is under way. If you filed an extension back in April (like I did), you have until Oct. 17 to file your tax return... and (don't forget) your Foreign Bank Account Report (FBAR). While the United States' approach to taxing income is [...]
Say you invest in a rental property in Panama. You earn a good return for years… then, the market timing is in your favor, and you decide to sell. You find a buyer who’ll pay you 50% more than you paid for the property yourself. You close the deal… and take receipt of the purchase […]
I fly tonight from Panama to Paris… then, Monday morning, on to Lisbon in time to host next week’s Live And Invest In Portugal Conference. Repositioning from the New World to the Old reminds me that Americans often dismiss Europe for offshore lifestyle and investment options thinking the region is too complicated or too expensive. […]
We Americans have it rough when it comes to taxes. The Big Bad Wolf of the world’s financial arena—the IRS—calls our neck of the woods home. Feared worldwide these days… by banks and financial institutions as well as ordinary citizens from California to Switzerland… the U.S. Internal Revenue Service has become the hunting dog for […]
How To Earn $224,000 Tax Free In 2022 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$112,000 in 2022 foreign-earned income from U.S. federal income tax. All [...]
“Pandora Papers” For The Rest Of Us—You Can Use The Same Legal Loopholes The Rich Use Panama Papers... Paradise Papers... Pandora Papers... Yes, some of the folks involved in those leaks may have been illegally gaming the system. With a little more intelligence and a little less greed, they'd have nothing to worry about. But [...]
Exploring opportunities overseas is not only a strategy for diversifying your investment portfolio… but it’s also the best way I know to diversify your life—both your personal life and your professional one. That is, in today’s world, you can realize many benefits by taking your business offshore along with your investments and yourself—either your existing […]
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