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• Expat Taxes: How the Death of Swiss Bank Secrecy Laws Impacts U.S. Expatriates
  The IRS is aggressively searching the international banking and investing world for hidden US assets. In response to rapidly changing regulations, US Expatriates need to review and revise how they manage their financial world.
  Published 04Oct2009, viewed 174 times

• ExPat Finances: 3 Secrets to Keeping Your Expat Finances in Order
  American Expatriate families living and working abroad need to make sure that they are working with a qualified adviser that can help them manage the complexities of taxes, insurance, and legal protection.
  Published 18Sep2009, viewed 369 times

• Expat Tax Tips: 8 Secrets to Managing Your Financial World Across Two Continents
  Gone are the days when all your information could be conveniently and securely stored in a safe-deposit box at your local bank. Your global lifestyle requires a new solution, one that focuses and organizes your entire financial world. Here are 8 secrets expats can use to manage their financial world across two continents:
  Published 13Sep2009, viewed 211 times

• ExPat Finances: Three Key Strategies for Building a U.S. Expat's Financial World
  American expatriates can earn huge wages overseas. For young couples just starting out, it is important to have key building blocks in place so that future financial goals and dreams can be achieved.
  Published 04Sep2009, viewed 226 times

• 7 Life-Changing Financial Decisions U.S. Expats Must Consider to Protect Their Assets and Investment
  The many moving parts of an U.S. Expatriate's financial world must be brought together under one qualified tax and financial advisor. So much more hinges upon the proper application of the additional tax regulations associated with earning income abroad.
  Published 17Aug2009, viewed 300 times

• The Employee Free Choice Act: An Economic Catastrophe for U.S. Small Business
  Union favoritism as expressed in "The Employee Free Choice Act" will force more jobs overseas, positioning American labor to be even less competitive in a difficult global market. Anything that makes American labor less efficient is almost always a bad idea.
  Published 09Aug2009, viewed 282 times

• ExPat Tax Tips: The Death of Foreign Earned Income Exclusions?
  President Obama is looking to add billions of dollars to U.S. Tax coffers by removing the Foreign Earned Income Exemption. Stay abreast of the latest information that develops about the foreign earned income exclusion.
  Published 04Aug2009, viewed 180 times

• Economic Survival: How to Stay Positive During Economic Upheaval
  In tough economic times, tough people survive and even thrive. In this open letter to his clients, Nick Hodges reminds us that as Americans, we have the character and the background to emerge stronger from these tough economic times.
  Published 30Jul2009, viewed 133 times

• Recession Busting 101: Change Your Consumer Fear to Consumer Confidence
  In the midst of market uncertainty, Certified Public Accountant, Nick Hodges, goes straight to the source of information for his clients by attending the 2008 SIFMA Annual Meeting in New York City and visiting Wall Street. Here is a summary of his perspective, gained outside the mainstream media hype and direct from personal interaction with key industry movers and shakers.
  Published 22Jul2009, viewed 86 times

• 7 Tips to Protect Your Parents from Unscrupulous Advisors
  We live in a time of great technology and great fraud. Let's lean on our adult children to harness this new technology to keep us safe, but keep our dignity to remain independent for as long as we can.
  Published 20Jul2009, viewed 121 times

• How Does Updating Our Family Trust Affect Our Existing Assets?
  Based on working with thousands of tax clients over many years that have (correctly and incorrectly) handled their estate issues with a living trust, this article helps identify key family trust issues every Trustee should know.
  Published 17Jul2009, viewed 163 times

• How U.S. Expatriates Can Avoid the 13 Most Common Expat Tax Traps
  The expat experience can be an exciting adventure, but you must take care of your financial obligations while abroad. Don't try and navigate your expat experience without a professional to properly guide you. Here are 13 common expat tax traps to avoid:
  Published 10Jul2009, viewed 239 times

• 7 Top Considerations to Make When Rolling Over Your IRA
  In these days of increasing unemployment and layoffs, it is important not to lose money by falling into a 401k trap. Mismanaging the transfer of your 401k plan can make changing employers is even more difficult. Protect your hard work and savings by avoiding these seven 401k mistakes.
  Published 25May2009, viewed 345 times

• The Costliest Retirement Funds Mistake You Should Avoid
  Avoid a huge tax bill surprise by keeping your tax professional involved in all your financial decisions. The most common tax mistake is made when transferring retirement funds between accounts. Avoid becoming the tax victim of incorrect implementation of your investment decisions by working with a tax professional that offers financial planning services.
  Published 25May2009, viewed 144 times

• Expat Tax Lesson Learned From the Gorillas of Ruanda
  U.S. expatriates living abroad often make decisions about their finances and their tax preparation alone. Successful U.S. expatriates rely on the knowledge and experience of their trusted expat financial professional to help them manage all aspects of their finances regardless of the circumstances. Here's the lesson I learned about the importance of an experienced guide from our adventure in Ruanda.
  Published 18Jun2009, viewed 80 times

• 25 Questions U.S. Expatriates MUST Ask to Choose the RIGHT Professional to Manage Expat Taxes
  The flexibility of the Internet opens up marvelous opportunities for expatriates to harvest expat tax advice and information from some of the greatest minds at reasonable prices from anywhere in the world. In seeking this advice, how do you know whom to trust? Here are 25 questions to help any expat choose a tax and financial professional you can trust.
  Published 18Jun2009, viewed 107 times

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