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The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act completely rewrote Section 965 to force a one-time repatriation of deferred earnings and profits in foreign corporations. It forces...

There is a booming trade in selling citizenship and permanent resident status as a path to citizenship. People think that only small countries do this....

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Form 3520 and 3520-A for Foreign Pensions and Trusts Come join us at our office in Pasadena as Haoshen Zhong presents this month's tax lunch...

What: PFICs and Foreign Tax Credit When: Friday, November 14, 2014 at 12:00PM (Pacific Time) Where: HodgenLaw, 80 S. Lake Avenue, Suite 680, Pasadena, CA...

What: Form 3520 and Foreign Trust Distributions to U.S. Beneficiaries When: Friday, June 13, 2014 at Noon (Pacific Time)
 Where: HodgenLaw, 80 S. Lake Avenue, Suite 680, Pasadena,...

[Note:  I am preparing the course materials for an all-day program I am teaching for the California Society of Certified Public Accountants on the taxation...

I will be speaking on November 1, 2012 (Los Angeles) and November 2, 2012 (San Francisco and simulcast on the internet) at the 2012 Family...

I will be speaking on November 1, 2012 (Los Angeles) and November 2, 2012 (San Francisco and simulcast on the internet) at the 2012 Family...

I will be speaking on November 1, 2012 (Los Angeles) and November 2, 2012 (San Francisco and simulcast on the internet) at the 2012 Family...

I will be speaking on November 1, 2012 (Los Angeles) and November 2, 2012 (San Francisco and on the interweb) at the 2012 Family Law...

On September 13, 2010 IRS officially announced the PFIC workaround I blogged about on August 11, 2010.  It gives taxpayers the ability to use the...

Note: this is another answer for the accountants who took my all-day courses in Pleasanton in January. The "Net Election" is an election by a...

I am writing a series of blog posts about pre-immigration tax planning. What should you do -- for tax planning -- if you wish to...

I am writing a series of blog posts about pre-immigration tax planning. What should you do -- for tax planning -- if you wish to...

I am writing a series of blog posts about pre-immigration tax planning. What should you do -- for tax planning -- if you wish to...

I am writing a series of blog posts about pre-immigration tax planning. What should you do -- for tax planning -- if you wish to...

I am writing a series of blog posts about pre-immigration tax planning. What should you do -- for tax planning -- if you wish to...