Lawyers, Laws & Taxes
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It’s Official: The Worldwide Bail-ins Are Coming
On November 16, leaders of the G20 Group of Nations -- the 20 largest economies -- made an important decision. The world's megabanks now ...
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Why the IRS Goes After the “Minnows” and Ignores the “Whales”
The intrepid bureaucrats at the Internal Revenue Service have done a superb job of making us fear them. We dutifully file our 1040s, FBARs, ...
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If You Don’t Have Your Assets Outside of the US Yet, What Are You Waiting For?
The trajectory is clear. Painfully clear. The US government is so beyond bankrupt it isn't even worth belabouring the point. We've spent ...
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Property Tax: You May Have to File The Return.
Quite often on my seminars, I employ myself really hard to make people understand, or better said, believe that in Costa Rica every single ...
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The Old Gringo in Costa Rica & The Poisonous Snake!
Max came to retire in Costa Rica some 15 years ago. He and his wife chose a property right in front of the ocean, where they built a ...
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Is Someone In Your Life A Spy? If You Live In The US This Might Be The Case.
The United States is a textbook tyranny. The techniques it has used towards governing (controlling) its people are essentially the same ...
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Will The IRS Keep Its Latest Promise?
Indulge yourself for a moment and imagine you're back in 1986. You're listening to "Addicted to Love" by Robert Palmer on the radio and on ...
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One In Three Children Are Under The Poverty Line In This Developed Nation.
I often call the US a "third world country". Of course, in some ways I am kidding as the original meaning of 1st, 2nd or 3rd world ...
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Three-Quarters Of Americans Abroad Want To Take This “Alarming” Action
The exodus from the United States (US) has not let up, and is only picking up steam as the US economy faces further financial and economic ...
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Why the US Postal Service Turned Spy
FATCA and similar laws have eviscerated financial privacy in the US. And last year, thanks to whistleblower Edward Snowden, the world ...
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