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Forum: USA
Mar 24th 2024, 12:30 pm
Replies: 20
Views: 1,215
Posted By ckusa

Re: Inheritance Planning

Navigating consequences of inheritance is a nightmare – even if everyone is solely UK (or US) -based, yet alone when mixed. Speaking from recent experience (mum died last year): UK IHT is paid on the...
Forum: USA
Feb 5th 2024, 9:23 pm
Replies: 45
Views: 5,666
Posted By ckusa

Re: Relinquishing Green Card

Any idea of how to check an immigration status? My two daughters both got green card at the same time as my wife and I, but returned them within a year or so without ever stayed (more than about a...
Forum: USA
Jan 28th 2024, 4:29 pm
Replies: 16
Views: 2,020
Posted By ckusa

Re: Delinquent FBAR/8938's

Another hurdle - where on Earth (on the FBAR of course...) do I put any information about pensions. My UK salary pensions have no account number (just name/NI#) - and as such are not 'accounts'. (If...
Forum: USA
Jan 24th 2024, 11:57 am
Replies: 758
Views: 226,367
Posted By ckusa

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

Just FYI - when back-paying contributions my information was updated in the nominal 6 weeks - Mrs ckusa's seemed to get lost and was in limbo until we phoned them (which was surprisingly quick!) -...
Forum: USA
Jan 22nd 2024, 1:04 am
Replies: 10
Views: 1,286
Posted By ckusa

Re: Foreign Trust and Tax Implications

My mum (UK citizen - no US connections), who died last year, left a trust fund with me as one of the beneficiaries - (me = US permanent resident). I haven't had any distributions from the funds yet....
Forum: USA
Jan 22nd 2024, 12:17 am
Replies: 16
Views: 2,020
Posted By ckusa

Re: Delinquent FBAR/8938's

Thanks GG - we only had an 8938 return in 2020 (2021 and 2022 were below the threshold) - so presumably just the 2020 IRS return to amend and those FBARS.
One of the pitfalls of using T.Tax is that...
Forum: USA
Jan 21st 2024, 4:39 pm
Replies: 16
Views: 2,020
Posted By ckusa

Re: Delinquent FBAR/8938's

Unfortunately, I might have carried on being blissfully unaware of reporting requirements of pensions... So since I'm now aware I'll have to amend our FBARs to include them - thankfully all final...
Forum: USA
Dec 26th 2023, 6:27 pm
Replies: 18
Views: 2,800
Posted By ckusa

Re: Rescinding my green card, exit tax?

Thanks GG - my summary was a bit too brief (!).
An added complication is that Mrs ckusa's pension is a government one, which I understand also has it's own set of regulations if being paid abroad.
Forum: USA
Dec 26th 2023, 8:56 am
Replies: 18
Views: 2,800
Posted By ckusa

Re: Rescinding my green card, exit tax?

Exit taxes only kick in above $2M (I believe), although you have to make sure that all your 'regular' tax payments are up to date. Timing might be important for filing due to differences in the tax...
Forum: USA
Nov 16th 2023, 6:04 am
Replies: 758
Views: 226,367
Posted By ckusa

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

My wife and I called them the other day - I had a query about some years incorrectly showing as not counting (that was an error on their system), and my wife was querying a former query (totally...
Forum: USA
Nov 14th 2023, 3:33 pm
Replies: 9
Views: 1,536
Posted By ckusa

Re: WEP and UK pension

Hi - perfect: I won't need it for a couple of years, so I'll stash it in 'return to UK' folder so it's ready!
Forum: USA
Nov 14th 2023, 9:55 am
Replies: 9
Views: 1,536
Posted By ckusa

Re: WEP and UK pension

Thanks durhamlad - that makes sense, so I guess it might be advantageous to start claiming SS first and to defer other pension income.
Forum: USA
Nov 14th 2023, 3:54 am
Replies: 9
Views: 1,536
Posted By ckusa

Re: WEP and UK pension

"The WEP adjustment is a one time calculation performed and deducted from SS when it is first received."
So, if I claim SS before any other pension how does this work? Would they (and how) consider...
Forum: USA
Aug 21st 2023, 11:23 am
Replies: 10
Views: 1,488
Posted By ckusa

Re: Inheritance from UK

I (US LPR) have some UK inheritance due shortly - the executors want to know whether they should use my UK address or my US address. Any ideas? Would it make a difference? (I'm assuming, by default,...
Forum: USA
Jul 30th 2023, 12:08 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 895
Posted By ckusa

Re: PAYG vs eSIM

An update. Yes, my US provider, Ultra (cheap T-mobile) does eSIM. Despite the complex of setting it up on their website, I just phoned their tech support and got the eSIM barcode by email - sorted in...
Forum: USA
Jul 13th 2023, 6:41 am
Replies: 4
Views: 895
Posted By ckusa

Re: PAYG vs eSIM

Same. Just bought a new phone - 'dual SIM' - except that really it's one 'real' SIM and one eSIM. My UK number is PAYG - so that is my physical SIM: just hoping that when I get back to the US that it...
Forum: USA
Jun 26th 2023, 12:14 am
Replies: 7
Views: 792
Posted By ckusa

Re: Shipping containers US to UK - 'packed by owner' insurance and customs

Admittedly many years ago, we got a container in the US to ship to the UK - doing it all ourselves. We just went with the 'complete loss' insurance which was pretty pitiful (worked out on weight),...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Feb 5th 2023, 1:35 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 1,089
Posted By ckusa

Re: Shipping Insurance

Having moved our household UK-US, US-UK and UK-US, I have never bothered with insurance *duh!) - not that you should follow... . The rationale was that the quotes were often more than the intrinsic...
Forum: USA
Jan 31st 2023, 11:29 pm
Replies: 45
Views: 5,666
Posted By ckusa

Re: Relinquishing Green Card

Also check out the i8854 form/instructions (https://www.irs.gov/instructions/i8854) which covers 'exit' taxes. (Been trying to figure out in which order to do/submit all these forms!).
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jan 24th 2023, 11:42 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 1,091
Posted By ckusa

Re: Shipping companies - top-tips, hints etc.

Many years ago we did a move from the US (DC region) back to the UK. Dealt directly with the shipping company (in Seattle): container (on lorry) arrived at house - had 2 hours to load. Shipped that...
Forum: USA
Jan 23rd 2023, 2:07 pm
Replies: 45
Views: 5,666
Posted By ckusa

Re: Relinquishing Green Card

Re. US/UK SS/pensions: I can't lay by finger on it now, but I believe that there is a US/UK agreement on SS payments whereby SS paid in the US can count towards your UK NI contributions (and vv). try...
Forum: USA
Jan 22nd 2023, 12:53 pm
Replies: 45
Views: 5,666
Posted By ckusa

Re: Relinquishing Green Card

A very timely post! We're looking to return to the UK in a few years time and will give up our GC's then.We're starting to sort out our 'exit' finances now to (hopefully) avoid any unpleasant...
Forum: USA
Oct 15th 2022, 12:40 pm
Replies: 15
Views: 1,203
Posted By ckusa

Re: Child Car Seat - British Airways

Maybe worth starting a thread on https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/british-airways-executive-club-446/ - they usually have pretty informed users and a few BA helpers on that forum.
Forum: Marriage Based Visas
Oct 9th 2022, 2:01 am
Replies: 13
Views: 2,029
Posted By ckusa

Re: ckusa - Green Card Renewal

Did there have to be a question? I posted an update on our GC renewal status which others might find useful if going through a similar process. Period.
Forum: Marriage Based Visas
Oct 9th 2022, 12:27 am
Replies: 13
Views: 2,029
Posted By ckusa

Re: ckusa - Green Card Renewal

Anyhow... . Wife still waiting for her new GC - managed to submit an online request to chase it up and got a 24-month extension letter today. (No idea why it's taking so long not least since i) I...
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