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Forum: USA
Apr 15th 2024, 1:18 am
Replies: 6
Views: 490
Posted By Mercury39

Re: Form 8606 - Part 1 missing

Odd it got it wrong. I used Turbotax in 2022 and mine is correct (and has been for the last 10+ years). I also do the same every year, non-dedutable contribution to Trad IRA and the immediately roll...
Forum: USA
Mar 28th 2024, 12:21 pm
Replies: 20
Views: 1,144
Posted By Mercury39

Re: Inheritance Planning

There are also stamp duty implications if you are a part owner of the property. If they own it 100% and it is their primary home, then standard stamp duty applies, 0% to up to £250,000, 5% on the...
Forum: USA
Dec 17th 2023, 7:59 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 1,452
Posted By Mercury39

Re: Current UK passport renewal time is quick

hummm, wonder what happened to my old passport, I just got the photocopy of my US one back.
Forum: USA
Dec 17th 2023, 6:55 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 1,452
Posted By Mercury39

Re: Current UK passport renewal time is quick

Did they send your old expired passport back and if so, how long after. I received my new passport a week ago (via DHL), then today another package from DHL, but it just contained the copy of my US...
Forum: USA
Dec 9th 2023, 11:59 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 1,452
Posted By Mercury39

Current UK passport renewal time is quick

In case anyone else is doing same at the moment and curious. Renewal of UK passport was about a week from the day old passport arrived at the UK passport office. Arrived Dec 1st, and new passport...
Forum: USA
May 30th 2023, 5:15 pm
Replies: 41
Views: 6,091
Posted By Mercury39

Re: Getting through Customs/Immigration faster at US airports - MPC App

Wife did renewal for GE in September and notification said had to interview, we did nothing deciding to do it on the way back into the country next time. Got notification in Feb that was now...
Forum: USA
May 14th 2023, 7:14 pm
Replies: 758
Views: 225,360
Posted By Mercury39

Re: Class 2 NI. What about us poor expats paying voluntary contributions?

Did anyone else's letter say "for the period 11/04/2021 to 08/04/2023 the amount due is...."
Mine says 2021 not 2022...
Forum: USA
Feb 8th 2023, 12:43 pm
Replies: 16
Views: 1,426
Posted By Mercury39

Re: Registering a car in the US on a UK license

Oh the irony! Olly provided the answer, which was no, and the supporting evidence. No confusion here...
Forum: USA
Jan 16th 2023, 10:38 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 868
Posted By Mercury39

Re: US Resident’s UK Tax Return with UK property Income

Mortgage interest can on longer be deducted on UK tax return. The rest is correct.
Forum: USA
Jul 7th 2022, 1:13 am
Replies: 9
Views: 899
Posted By Mercury39

Re: Travel insurance for visiting parent who is 70+

been there, done that. Cost about $70k for east coast back to UK 8 years ago.
Forum: USA
Apr 24th 2022, 8:39 pm
Replies: 2
Views: 646
Posted By Mercury39

Re: Selling Foreign Property Tax Help

I think this article covers most of it - https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/06/capitalgainhomesale.asp

assuming you have owned it for more than a year, then tax rate is between 0 and 20%,...
Forum: USA
Apr 9th 2022, 5:26 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 2,032
Posted By Mercury39

Re: Returning to the USA from UK

Used Expresstest 2 weeks ago. In person at Victoria as I was on route to LHR. Booked the test online while standing outside their testing location, was then in and out in 3 minutes, no one else...
Forum: USA
Feb 18th 2022, 12:34 pm
Replies: 16
Views: 1,744
Posted By Mercury39

Re: Which passport to use traveling USA -> UK

If you have E -passport then UK and US passport holders now use the same electronic gates, so no difference now, which is great.
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Feb 16th 2022, 6:23 pm
Replies: 24
Views: 2,530
Posted By Mercury39

Re: Citizenship Interview

+1 on flash cards, we wrote out each of the questions and answer ( just one answer if there were multiple you can answer with, as is the case with a number of them) and then just went through them a...
Forum: USA
Feb 1st 2022, 1:12 am
Replies: 18
Views: 3,128
Posted By Mercury39

Re: Driving on a UK license in Florida - problems and helpful tips?

failed the written test because of that confusion. Had to come back the next day and try again….
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Jan 8th 2022, 12:24 pm
Replies: 14
Views: 2,749
Posted By Mercury39

Re: Dual citizen—-Problems renewing British passport

i cannot offer any help to the OP, but for anyone else who lands on this thread in the future i have the same as the OP as i have two middle names. i have always entered both middle names on forms,...
Forum: USA
Jan 3rd 2022, 12:53 pm
Replies: 9
Views: 1,735
Posted By Mercury39

Re: UK passport

The Uk only limited entry for non citizens and non residents who had been in a red list countries in the previous 10 days and the USA has not been on that list.
Forum: USA
Dec 13th 2021, 12:51 am
Replies: 42
Views: 4,648
Posted By Mercury39

Re: Financially better off in uk????

As I understand it, there never used to be capital gains for uk nonresidents. That changed in 2015 and capital gains now applies to non residents too ( on assets in the UK). In the process of selling...
Forum: USA
Dec 11th 2021, 11:09 pm
Replies: 35
Views: 3,176
Posted By Mercury39

Re: Traveling to the USA during COVID 19 lift

When I went to UK from the USA, entered UK passport on the UK passenger locator form and used UK passport at the e gates a Heathrow to enter the UK. When I checked in in the the USA for my fight to...
Forum: USA
Dec 11th 2021, 10:15 pm
Replies: 42
Views: 4,648
Posted By Mercury39

Re: Financially better off in uk????

ah, missed the concern was related to potentially capital gains on sale on UK property. Non resident capital gains in the UK will likely only apply to gain in value since 2015. Capital gains in the...
Forum: USA
Dec 11th 2021, 9:08 pm
Replies: 42
Views: 4,648
Posted By Mercury39

Re: Financially better off in uk????

can you explain the capital gains tax concern? Gains of primary residence occur when the gains are above 500k for a married couple, and as I understand it if you sell and buy the gains are...
Forum: USA
Dec 6th 2021, 6:25 pm
Replies: 283
Views: 64,283
Posted By Mercury39

Re: Covid 19 Travel/Immigration to USA - please check here and ask questions

I think most airlines don’t have any change fees at the moment, so can move a flight without penalty. I’ve booked and moved multiple flights in the last year, even a few days before a planned trip.
Forum: USA
Dec 3rd 2021, 11:12 am
Replies: 24
Views: 2,508
Posted By Mercury39

Re: Passports and Immigration

It’s one day, not 24 hrs.
”The 1-day period is 1 day before the flight’s departure. The Order uses a 1-day time frame instead of 24 hours to provide more flexibility to the air passenger and...
Forum: USA
Dec 3rd 2021, 1:53 am
Replies: 24
Views: 2,508
Posted By Mercury39

Re: Passports and Immigration

I never filled in a multiple page form, either paper or electronic. All the documentation requirements were done with the airline, online and part of checkin. I uploaded image of vaccination card and...
Forum: USA
Dec 1st 2021, 12:03 pm
Replies: 24
Views: 2,508
Posted By Mercury39

Re: Passports and Immigration

order it now. You will need the test reference number in order to complete the passenger locator form, which you will do before you leave the US when returning to the UK.
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