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SI’s take on International Tax Reform — Let’s get the facts straight

Value Added Tax (VAT), Border Adjustment Tax (BAT) and other terms are being used by all sides in the debate on international tax reform. The problem is that people are misunderstanding them. Read our latest article on tax reform — The Value-Added Tax And Border Adjustment Tax Debate: Enough Is Enough — to get our take …

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Want privacy in the tax world? Think again

Most of you already know the US government shares data about you. Now there’s more people subject to the rules — those earning bank deposit interest income in the US and who are from newly-listed countries. The IRS recently issued Rev. Proc. 2017-31 which updates Rev. Proc. 2016-56 (issued December 2016) adding jurisdictions from Rev. Proc. 2014-64. If you’re …

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Shanghai for Schwartz

Schwartz International participated in Allinial Global’s first Asia Pacific Conference last week in Shanghai. Marc Schwartz ran his mouth for three days speaking non-stop about global tax issues, planning, implementation and compliance — and his new colleagues were still willing to spend time with him! Check out Allinial Global at https://www.allinialglobal.com/ to see how the …

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Investing in Cuba?

Teaming with Bo Jackson (no, not that Bo Jackson — the Atlanta CPA), SI’s Richard Hartnig and Marc Schwartz revisit various US tax issues related to Cuba. Last year the IRS made a few constructive changes, and we wanted to revisit those as we await the Trump Administration’s Cuba policy. See page 11 for the …

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The Proposed Border Adjustment Tax is Not a VAT

Click on the below link to see SI’s latest article on proposed US-international tax reform, written by SI’s Paul Tadros, Richard Hartnig and Marc Schwartz. The article reviews the VAT concept, dispels the notion that VAT and the proposed border adjustment tax are similar and provides additional commentary.  Border Adjustment Tax Article — Global-Tax-Weekly_March 2 (005)

Schwartz International Invited to Speak at International Tax / Law State Bar Event

On December 15, 2016, Marc Schwartz had the honor of presenting on practical tax and other issues for expatriates at the State Bar of Georgia Conference Center. Vivian Hoard, a litigator with Taylor English, presided over the conference.   Expatriation has become a more common theme over the past few years, particularly after Congress passed …

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No More Mo' Movember

No More Mo’

November has come and gone, and with it, the Movember moustache. But never fear – you can see pictures of the entire lifecycle of Marc’s magnificent ‘stache. From its stubbly roots to its suave, David Niven-esque adolescence and all the way through its full, bushy glory days, the photographic evidence awaits your inspection on Marc’s …

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What Do Trail Runners Do in November? Grow Facial Hair, of Course!

If you keep up with Marc Schwartz, you probably know him as an avid trail runner who has been known to voluntarily hurl himself up and over large mountains. Races like the Mount Mitchell Challenge and the Ragnar Mt. Zion Trail Run don’t faze him, for some reason, but cancer and preventable deaths definitely do. …

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A Foreign Trust Investing In The US: ‘Ordinary’ Or ‘Business’ Trust?

reprinted with permission from Global Tax Weekly, Wolters Kluwer by Marc Schwartz and Paul Tadros All Section references are to the US Internal Revenue Code, 1986, as amended and the US Department of the Treasury regulations (collectively, “Code”) promulgated thereunder unless stated otherwise; Unless stated otherwise, the terms “tax” and “taxation” mean income tax; Unless …

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