Migration to and from New Zealand tends to come in waves of people leaving and arriving. Whilst the New Zealand media is currently...

As many New Zealand based US persons know, KiwiSaver can create complex US tax headaches. However, new regulation is on the horizon, but...

Almost daily, we are contacted by soon to be migrants to the US, along with migrants also making the move to New Zealand. However, prior...

US citizens abroad have long discussed a "$120,000 threshold", but does this threshold exist or is it a misconception?

It seems it was only a matter of weeks ago I was writing about the beginning of the tax year, but we’re now already at tax deadline time,...

As both the New Zealand media and government are currently focused on the taxation of rental properties and landlords, we’ll touch on an...

As the number of US citizens choosing to renounce their US citizenship continues to climb worldwide, we receive an ever larger number of...

By Chelsea Traver at Evergreen Advice The below article is a guest submission from Evergreen Advice, a Wellington based wealth management...

As is often publicized, New Zealand has one of the highest rates of trust ownership in the world. Although declining in popularity over...

As a US tax practitioner in New Zealand, and assisting mostly migrants or individuals with international tax considerations, we do...

Whilst many of our clients are still enjoying their summer break, here at The US Tax Team, we’re already into the thick of it for the...

The below is a guest article by Jim Smith of Pacific Wealth - The article solely reflects the opinion of Pacific Wealth and should not be...

In our final article for the year, we’ll cover an all too misunderstood (or unknown) issue, the New Zealand transitional residence...

For many US citizen clients whom are filing for the first time after getting married, I’m commonly asked how their US tax status will...

As we’ve covered previously, US persons living in New Zealand may be subject to a capital gains tax on the sale of their home or rental...

From what began as a trickle of clients ten or so years ago, to now more than 100 per year, renunciation of US citizenship has become one...

While we’re only three days into the week, through our client US tax advice consultations, the issue of “depreciation recapture” has come...

As many of us know, the US tax system can sometimes seem like a minefield of different tax laws, one common issue is GILTI.

Over the recent weeks and months, I’ve been asked the question frequently, “Dave, which party’s tax policies would be better or worse for...

In quite a big item of news, the IRS have announced today that in 2024, they will be shifting their compliance priorities to FBAR non-filers