New Zealand’s territorial tax system

New Zealand was the first country in the world to introduce the concept of corporate territorial taxation through the Land and Income Tax Assessment Act of 1891. It was, however, the 1990s before New Zealand had developed a comprehensive extraterritorial taxation...

Extension of time for U.S citizens abroad

It is time to think about extensions again for 2014 United States individual income tax returns. Whilst the due date for filing 2014 United States’ individual income tax returns is 15 April 2015, U.S. citizens and resident aliens who are outside the U.S. as at...

IRS Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers

Taxpayers applying for Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers are running into many problems with rejection of Form W-7. The latest has been that the IRS has rejected appropriately filed applications right down to correctly certified copies of the passport....

IRS Announces 2013 Filing Season Opens 30 January

Today the Internal Revenue Service announced that it plans to begin processing individual income tax returns on 30 January. 2012 returns will only be accepted from 30 January to allow time for systems changes as a result of tax law changes under the American Taxpayer...

Interim Changes to ITIN Application Process

In order to protect the integrity of the ITIN process, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has announced some interim changes, which are effective from 22 June 2012 through the end of 2012. The changes generally only affect applicants who apply for ITINs for the...