Taxpayer Advocate on U.S. expats’ tax burden in Annual report to Congress By Gina Gatchell, Founder/Director The Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS) is an independent organization within the IRS. The TAS’ objectives include to ensure that every (U.S.) taxpayer is treated...
The jurisdictions of New Zealand and the United States of America have very different tax regimes. However, there is a common theme which we, as tax practitioners experience, year in and year out. That common theme is the complex anti-deferral and anti-avoidance...
By Gina Gatchell, Director. Auckland spent a total of 107 days in the latest, and reportedly last lockdown during the Delta outbreak the city has been embroiled in. The country’s Alert level system -which has now been sunsetted – saw the city at a virtual...
By Gina Gatchell, Director. Auckland’s delta outbreak has worsened over recent days. The city has now been in lockdown for more than two months, with community cases of delta on the rise. Many COVID-19 cases have emerged in areas of Auckland that are already...
By Gina Gatchell, Director. The IRS announced over the weekend that taxpayers filing jointly will be allowed to claim up to US $600 in donations to qualified US charitable organizations on their 2021 US return. This is up from the current level of US $300 available to...
The IRS reopened on Monday 28 January. Call centre wait times, including the international calling number, are typically around 2 to 3 hours.
