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Mexican Land Trusts are Not Trusts for US Federal Income Tax Purposes
In a recent Revenue Ruling, the IRS concluded that a fideicomiso or Mexican Land Trust (“MLT”) arrangement is not a trust for U.S. federal income tax purposes. This was welcome news to many U.S. citizens that own land located in Mexico through an MLT. As you may be aware from our previous blog entries, interests […]
Don’t forget about State and Local income tax implications when working in the US!
June 7, 2013The domestic tax implications of living and working in one country are generally straight-forward. While there may be from time to time some complicating domestic tax issues, generally, with a bit of resourcefulness you don’t need to be a tax specialist to resolve the personal tax matter (although you may like to hand it off […]
US Gift Tax Exposure on Joint Ownership of Property
February 15, 2013The most common way spouses hold property in Canada is joint tenancy with right of survivorship. Joint ownership provides each joint tenant an undivided interest in the property and when one spouse dies, the property immediately passes to the surviving spouse without probate. In the case where one spouse is a U.S. citizen and the […]
Low Risk U.S. Tax Compliance
January 4, 2013On June 26, 2012 the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) announced new streamlined filing procedures (“SFP”) for non-resident U.S. taxpayers to go into effect September 1, 2012. SFP is available to U.S. persons and dual citizens living outside the US who have failed to timely file U.S. federal income tax returns or disclose their non-U.S. bank […]