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Forum: USA
Mar 2nd 2026, 10:03 am
Replies: 75
Views: 8,215
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: Moving Back to US - Would you do it now?

San Francisco is still a wonderful city. Violent crime, for example, has been trending downwards for a long time now and is at its lowest level since... the late1950's. I am really struggling to...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Feb 23rd 2026, 8:34 am
Replies: 547
Views: 81,050
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: WTF in America Part 2

Also, this is happening at the same time that international tourism is growing for most countries.
Forum: USA
Jan 7th 2026, 6:06 am
Replies: 6
Views: 1,027
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: Collecting soc sec when living in uk

Well the UK and US do have a SS totalization agreement and is on Country List 1 so doesn't that imply there is a valid exception?
Forum: USA
May 21st 2025, 9:16 am
Replies: 18
Views: 12,847
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: Organising housing and car

Remember that this will likely be considered taxable income unless your employer has agreed to gross it up, thus effectively paying any tax due.
Forum: The Trailer Park
Apr 1st 2025, 3:48 am
Replies: 551
Views: 124,482
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: Meanwhile in Florida

THis is Florida so he was merely "standing his ground"...
Forum: USA
Mar 22nd 2025, 6:56 am
Replies: 1,097
Views: 412,734
Posted By Giantaxe

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

Yes, this is why I don't pfaff around with the substitute 1099 stuff and do as you outline.
Forum: The Trailer Park
Mar 12th 2025, 3:38 pm
Replies: 8,202
Views: 700,038
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: Let's talk about cars

Most residential streets in S.F. have no side or middle of the road markings. I think they pretty consistently have stop or yield lines at junctions. So although lines are going to help, they clearly...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Mar 9th 2025, 1:35 pm
Replies: 8,202
Views: 700,038
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: Let's talk about cars

I’ve taken a couple of Waymo rides. They drive way better than many human drivers, especially taxi and Uber drivers. And as a frequent pedestrian in S.F. I trust them far more actually to stop at...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Feb 28th 2025, 11:36 am
Replies: 8,202
Views: 700,038
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: Let's talk about cars

There was an horrific crash in the Bay Area of one of these vehicles. The proximate cause was alcohol (over twice the legal limit) and cocaine in the system of the driver. Car crashed into a...
Forum: USA
Jan 20th 2025, 5:58 am
Replies: 61
Views: 20,206
Posted By Giantaxe

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

I was addressing solely the Customs aspect of this, namely that even you go the MPC route (or GE...) you do still make a Customs declaration.
Forum: USA
Jan 19th 2025, 8:15 am
Replies: 61
Views: 20,206
Posted By Giantaxe

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

The MPC App asks these customs-related questions as well.
Forum: USA
Jan 17th 2025, 5:09 am
Replies: 61
Views: 20,206
Posted By Giantaxe

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

I arrived back at SFO this week at about 6pm. Never seen such insanely long lines for both citizens and non-citizens. But with MPC we were through in about 10 minutes. It's puzzling so few people use...
Forum: USA
Oct 30th 2024, 8:44 am
Replies: 43
Views: 4,428
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: Medicare choices

That's a good question. I know the only policy that my erstwhile self-insured employer had that was covered by the California COBRA rules was Kaiser - an HMO.
Forum: USA
Oct 30th 2024, 8:11 am
Replies: 43
Views: 4,428
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: Medicare choices

With the "might" being the operative factor! It doesn't apply if your employer is employer is _self-insured_, as many large companies are.
Forum: USA
Oct 28th 2024, 4:54 pm
Replies: 43
Views: 4,428
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: Medicare choices

It can actually be much worse than that. Some COBRA coverage explicitly states that it is secondary to Medicare _whether or not_ a person actually signs up for Medicare. There was a horrible case I...
Forum: Canada
Aug 30th 2024, 8:18 am
Replies: 26
Views: 5,825
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: UK state pension how longer after claim did you get the pension?

It arrives in my US bank account in $s as an ACH transfer.
Forum: Canada
Aug 30th 2024, 8:17 am
Replies: 26
Views: 5,825
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: UK state pension how longer after claim did you get the pension?

Amazingly my first payment arrived in my US bank account only a few weeks after I applied. I was past my pension age by a year or so at that point.
Forum: USA
Aug 15th 2024, 11:57 am
Replies: 14
Views: 1,291
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: California move - 18yr old autism

Social Security Disability, unlike Medicaid, is not state dependent, although some states may have additional separate programs. Like retirement Social Security, it's a federal program administered...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Aug 14th 2024, 11:31 am
Replies: 547
Views: 81,050
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: WTF in America Part 2

Some states recognize domestic partnerships for health insurance and other things. It's also not always the case that filing taxes married (jointly or separately) is as beneficial as filing as single...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Aug 14th 2024, 3:19 am
Replies: 547
Views: 81,050
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: WTF in America Part 2

I read the Reddit discussion this is from. No discussion about past debt versus future unfortunately. It’s certainly a common tactic to avoid future medical and nursing home debt being a joint...
Forum: USA
Aug 13th 2024, 4:09 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 1,891
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: Pension Commencement lump Sum approach

That's correct. And that's true for pretty much any aspect of your return. Simple example: let's say you failed to report dividends of $10k from a 1099-DIV. The IRS typically have three years to come...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Aug 13th 2024, 3:07 pm
Replies: 547
Views: 81,050
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: WTF in America Part 2

I wondered about that too. Also, assuming that the debt was incurred during their marriage, I would presume creditors could legitimately still come after that by definition. For healthcare debt I...
Forum: USA
Aug 5th 2024, 11:27 am
Replies: 51
Views: 5,058
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: Move Offer

Certainly possible in the employer gives the transferee a big pot of money for the relocation. But if the employer pays directly for something (again, e.g. three months rent) then they don't have...
Forum: USA
Aug 4th 2024, 1:07 pm
Replies: 51
Views: 5,058
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: Move Offer

Make sure that the cost of anything in the relocation package that’s considered taxable income is “grossed up” so that your employer effectively pays the tax on it. Otherwise you’ll have a...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Jul 19th 2024, 4:22 am
Replies: 8,202
Views: 700,038
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: Let's talk about cars

Every 15k for my 25 year old BMW with almost 300k on it. Synthetic oil and that's actually what BMW recommends for the vehicle.
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