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Forum: USA
May 21st 2012, 8:08 am
Replies: 30
Tax
Views: 6,717
Posted By punktlich2

Re: Tax

The "plain meaning" rule is long discredited or, more exactly, subject to exceptions. The whole point of technical memoranda is to explain what each side meant when it agreed to wording. I spent...
Forum: USA
May 20th 2012, 8:23 pm
Replies: 30
Tax
Views: 6,717
Posted By punktlich2

Re: Tax

I have spent some time on this issue today and conclude there can't be any definitive reply. In part I base this on experience and education (neither of which I need go into here since this note...
Forum: France
May 20th 2012, 12:16 am
Replies: 17
Views: 4,033
Posted By punktlich2

Re: Staying in France after 6 months

I suspect the issue is over obligation to pay French social charges, which can be substantial. This page and other pages on the site may help:...
Forum: France
May 19th 2012, 11:59 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 1,408
Posted By punktlich2

Re: help with the language

Indeed. My grad school mentor at the Belgian uni where I was studying railed against students who photocopy with abandon, never read the stuff, and presume that they know the content just by having...
Forum: USA
May 19th 2012, 4:51 pm
Replies: 30
Tax
Views: 6,717
Posted By punktlich2

Re: Tax

I have read through the cited thread. Too many newspaper columnists and bloggers to count have reported on the inconsistent answers of IRS call centre personnel to give credence to what they are...
Forum: USA
May 19th 2012, 10:14 am
Replies: 30
Tax
Views: 6,717
Posted By punktlich2

Re: Tax

The IRS can be gratuitously nasty. I recall a tax inspector I was dealing with at the (then) Inland Revenue opining that even he thought the IRS was a bunch of gangbuster cowboys. Google the Charlie...
Forum: USA
May 18th 2012, 7:39 pm
Replies: 30
Tax
Views: 6,717
Posted By punktlich2

Re: Tax

I take your point. But the tax difference might be small, but could lead to a problem I would rather avoid: the IRS arguing that I need not/ought not have paid tax to the UK or the other country....
Forum: USA
May 18th 2012, 5:59 pm
Replies: 30
Tax
Views: 6,717
Posted By punktlich2

Re: Tax

I am not telling anybody else what to do, and of course errors on my part might slip below the radar. But at the time I researched it and discussed it with others, I thought we understood the Treaty...
Forum: USA
May 18th 2012, 5:38 pm
Replies: 30
Tax
Views: 6,717
Posted By punktlich2

Re: Tax

I remember now that the $900 figure came from one of the annual statements from the SSA predicting what I was eligible for. Since I was not covered by SSA for many years (more than ten, but most of...
Forum: USA
May 18th 2012, 5:04 pm
Replies: 30
Tax
Views: 6,717
Posted By punktlich2

Re: Tax

It has been said that the US may tax Social Security and UK State Pension after the UK has taxed it (presumably meaning with credit for tax paid). In another forum for tax experts we have discussed...
Forum: USA
May 16th 2012, 4:55 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 1,066
Posted By punktlich2

Re: US Social Security Query

US earnings are reported for Social Security purposes on a quarterly basis, with Form 941 http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f941.pdf Discrepancies and omissions of SS numbers don't matter much, because...
Forum: USA
May 16th 2012, 4:49 pm
Replies: 30
Tax
Views: 6,717
Posted By punktlich2

Re: Tax

The Department of Work and Pensions pays US residents their UK State Pension in US dollars, unless a UK account is given for the purpose.

It is correct that all State pensions are taxable (under...
Forum: Europe
May 16th 2012, 4:41 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 7,046
Posted By punktlich2

Re: Brit moving to Switzerland

The English law of domicile is arcane, quaint, and dangerous. It is true that one's domicile of origin (the domicile of one's father at his/her birth) is difficult to divest oneself of. But marriage...
May 15th 2012, 7:01 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 1,176
Posted By punktlich2

Re: Capital Gains on property left in UK on return

One can't predict the future of taxation. This is why it's so important to have a professional advisor, which was my main point.

The issue of offshore companies owning UK property raises a special...
May 13th 2012, 10:03 am
Replies: 3
Views: 1,176
Posted By punktlich2

Re: Capital Gains on property left in UK on return

That is correct. Nonresidents of the UK do not pay CGT on UK property; this is something of an anomaly as compared with other countries of the world. And the last Budget closed a further loophole...
Jan 30th 2011, 1:00 am
Replies: 7
Views: 1,256
Posted By punktlich2

Re: Can our car loan follow us to UK

I am a retired N'Y bankruptcy lawyer. More info is needed to offer an opinion. 1) US state of residence: California & some other states do not allow deficiency judgments. Florida (but only to US...
Forum: Europe
Jan 2nd 2011, 9:18 am
Replies: 17
Views: 11,218
Posted By punktlich2

Re: Bringing UK car to Europe - questions

The above is good advice.

We have used UK-registered vehicles in Europe for years. In general (i.e. in most countries) it's only legal without local registration for the first 12 months of your...
Forum: Europe
Jan 2nd 2011, 9:03 am
Replies: 4
Views: 1,247
Posted By punktlich2

Re: Update:Looking for a European VPN provider thread

We use a number of different methods of receiving US & UK TV (in addition we get French, German & Swiss TV by local cable):

vpngates (they offer various countries' IPs, we've used their UK & US;...
Forum: USA
Jul 19th 2009, 7:28 am
Replies: 55
Views: 7,815
Posted By punktlich2

Re: USAA now open to general public

For the sake of completion and accuracy, your list (the same that appears on ussa.com when you search for "membership" is incomplete. Certain other commissioned officers of the USA are eligible,...
Forum: Cyprus
Jul 18th 2009, 10:27 am
Replies: 4
Views: 1,829
Posted By punktlich2

Re: Court ruling and Northern Cyprus

Those affected by the Apostolides v. Orams case, as well as academics and others, have begun to speak up. The decision took many by surprise -- not least the European Commission, see...
Forum: USA
Jul 18th 2009, 9:54 am
Replies: 55
Views: 7,815
Posted By punktlich2

Re: USAA now open to general public

As others have said, USAA insurance products are available to present and former military personnel and other commissioned officers of the USA, as well as USAA employees. Banking and brokerage...
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