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News & Analysis as of May 22, 2013

FBAR-The New Marriage Penalty

by Sanford Millar on 1/7/2013

For those U.S. taxpayers who are married to non-residents there is a new form of marriage penalty if the spouses filed joint returns. To be eligible to file joint returns an election must be made with the first joint return...more

Divorce Settlements With Foreign Assets; What Are The Risks?

by Sanford Millar on 7/2/2012

Many couples going through marital separations (divorce) have interests in foreign assets. Often these are dual nationals who have interests in family businesses in their country of origin, but regardless of the source of the...more

Defining Global Systemically Important Banks and Additional Loss Absorbency Requirements

by Morrison & Foerster LLP on 8/16/2011

On 19 July 2011, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (“BCBS”) and the Financial Stability Board (“FSB”) published two papers relating to entities regarded as globally systemic important financial institutions...more

Changes in Czech parental and other family contributions or benefits for Czech citizens abroad.

by Radka Koch Hartmanova on 8/18/2010

The Czech employment agencies were long ago warned by the European Commission and other Member States that they interpreted the term "residence" to broad. This would lead to abuse of the whole social system. (Czech nationals...more

Uitleg wijziging in Tsjechische ouderschaps en andere familie uitkeringen of bijdragen

by Radka Koch Hartmanova on 8/18/2010

De Tsjechische arbeidsbureaus werden al een tijdje geleden gewaarschuwd door de Europese Commissie en door de andere lidstaten dat ze de term “woonplaats” te breed interpreteren. Dit zou tot misbruik van het gehele sociale...more