Trusts classification: what you don’t know can hurt you!

Trusts classification: what you don’t know can hurt you!

Are you getting the classification of your trust correct for US tax purposes? In 2018 the Internal Revenue Service started a campaign targeting foreign trusts’ failure to comply with the filing requirements of US owners[1] of foreign trusts, including ownership, and...

Lapsed Appropriations Contingency Plan – IRS status update

The well-publicized IRS partial shutdown is now into its fourth week. The successor to the 2018 non-filing season Lapsed Appropriations Contingency Plan, the 2018 filing season Lapsed Appropriations Contingency Plan (‘plan’) was released by the IRS a few...

10 Errors NZ Tax Residents Make | International Tax

According to the Chief Advisor – International Audit – IRD, the top ten errors associated with international tax compliance with respect to the taxation of NZ tax residents are as follows:   Error 1: NZ tax residents are taxable on income from NZ...