I’m on the organizing committee for this year’s International Tax and Business Conference sponsored by the California Society of CPAs.  Better yet, this year I’m the Chairman.  :-) We just had our first organizing committee meeting today.  I’m looking forward to a great session again this year. Put it in your calendar.  In person on [...]

I’m doing a webcast for the California Society of Certified Public Accountants on May 17, 2011.  It is titled “Tax Implications for U.S. Real Estate Held by Foreign Nationals.”  It is free for members of CalCPA.  It is a one-hour course. If there are enough people who are interested in this topic, I will do [...]

I am scheduled to give a presentation to the STEP branch in Dubai on 29 May 2011 at the Capital Club in the DIFC. The meeting starts at 5:00 p.m. and runs until 7:00 p.m. My job is to amuse the group for about an hour. Topics will be: The U.S. exit tax–giving up citizenship [...]

[This went out to my email subscribers two days ago. You should subscribe to the newsletter, too.] TL;DR Travel is fun. Opportunities are everywhere. I return to Blackberry-land. NOW I’m in Riyadh at the moment. To be precise I am enjoying a venti mocha Frappuccino at the Kingdom Centre as it is a trifle dusty [...]

Yesterday I taught an all-day course for the CalCPA Education Foundation — “Tax Planning and Compliance for Multinational Families.”  It was a fun day for me.  If you were there, you know that.  And I didn’t use too many potty-mouth words.  :-) Here is one of the things I promised to post on my blog [...]