15th March 2023 – Trust Filing Deadline

15th March 2023 – Trust Filing Deadline

Haven’t January and February passed quickly! We’re now almost in March, and ready to begin discussing the first major deadline of the year, the 15th March deadline for filing Form 3520-A, 1120, and 1065. During 2018, the IRS began to apply penalties due to late filing...

2023 – Filing Deadlines and Tax Summary

2023 – Filing Deadlines and Tax Summary

Just as quickly as the new year begins, so does the beginning of the 2023 US tax filing season. Fortunately, for the first time in a number of years, we are not dealing with a large amount of new tax law changes. Some minor changes will occur for holders of...

2023 Price Freeze

2023 Price Freeze

US Global Tax are pleased to advise that we will not be increasing our fees during 2023.  In fact, our fees have not increased since 2020, and we are doing our best to keep our costs as low as possible for our clients. We appreciate that the cost of living has...

Video – US Citizen Children with KiwiSaver

Video – US Citizen Children with KiwiSaver

As has been recently covered in NZ news outlets, the issues facing US citizen children with KiwiSaver can be significant, but resolvable. US Global Tax currently has a petition sitting with Parliament to change KiwiSaver rules, to permit under-18 US citizen children...

Parliament Petition Live

Parliament Petition Live

Our petition to the New Zealand Parliament is now live.For those who didn't see previously, we have begin a petition to amend the KiwiSaver Act, to permit under-18 dual US-NZ tax residents to close their KiwiSaver accounts. As it currently stands, KiwiSaver can create...

Article – Penalty Relief & IRS Progress In Sight

Article – Penalty Relief & IRS Progress In Sight

As I’ve discussed previously over the last year, the state of operations at the IRS has been somewhat in disarray for quite some time. This has mainly been caused by a combination of reduced staffing during the pandemic, staff cuts in the prior decade, and a huge...

Video – Inheritance Reporting

Video – Inheritance Reporting

Whilst in most cases there is no US tax on inheritance received, reporting may still be required. The US generally taxes an estate, and distributes to beneficiaries tax free, but our helpful video below explains a little more around the reporting required....

Seminar Video – Remote Employment

Seminar Video – Remote Employment

During June 2022, US Global Tax presented a series of seminars alongside Saunders & Co Lawyers. The seminars mainly covered tax issues that new US migrants to New Zealand would need to be aware of. The second part of our seminar discusses remote working,...

FATCA – What it is and how it affects US citizens

FATCA – What it is and how it affects US citizens

What is FATCA? What impact does it have for US citizens living overseas, or living in the US with foreign financial assets? FATCA is USA based legislation (Foreign Account Taxation Compliance Act) leveraged by agreements between the USA and other countries including...