2012 May 28 – Sankey

 
Derek Sankey
Taxes create cross-border issues
Calgary Herald (28 May 2012)

http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/Taxes+create+cross+border+issues/6690233/story.html

Cross-border tax specialist Roy A. Berg in Calgary offers multiple examples of “income that’s taxed more favourably in Canada versus the U.S. … contributions to RRSPs, capital dividends, stock options and flow-through shares, charitable deductions and the sale of a principal residence.” He claims “very few people” can provide the advice needed by the hundreds of thousands of deemed U.S. persons in Canada. “The penalty regime in the U.S. tends to be much harsher than in Canada and more onerous.”
 

2012 May 28 – Whiteley

 
Don Whiteley
The accidental Kenyan: What would happen if the African nation copied U.S. tax policy?
Vancouver Sun (28 May 2012)

http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/pne/accidental+Kenyan+What+would+happen+African+nation+copied+policy/6689987/story.html

The plight of some seven million extraterritorial US citizens, with around one million in Canada, is dramatized by imagining that similar measures are applied to Barack Obama because of “accidental” Kenyan citizenship stemming from his father. The conditions seem too preposterous to be true — but unfortunately they are.
 

2012 May 25 – Saunders

 
Laura Saunders
New taxes for “renouncers”?
Wall Street Journal (25 May 2012)

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB20001424052702304065704577424370739381862.html

Passage of the Schumer-Casey exit tax proposal is seen as much less likely than approval of a measure — already passed by the US Senate — to link passport revocation/denial to tax delinquency.
 

2012 May 18 – Christianson

 
David Christianson
Snowbirds, Americans living in Canada read on …
Winnipeg Free Press (18 May 2012)

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/columnists/snowbirds-americans-living-in-canada-read-on-152000755.html

Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition May 18, 2012 B12

Financial planner Christianson outlines the substantial presence test for snowbirds, and reports on recent changes in Canada regarding “import” of funds from 401K or IRA retirement plans.
 

2012 May 18 – Haineault

 
Roger Haineault
U.S. taxman extending reach abroad
Halifax Chronicle-Herald (18 May 2012)

http://thechronicleherald.ca/business/97835-us-taxman-extending-reach-abroad

A columnist connects a recent Canadian delegation to Washington with FATCA, up to one million residents of Canada, and the potential concerns of Canada’s privacy commissioner.
 

2012 May 18 – Lewis

 
Al Lewis
Tax man makes it hard to be an American
MarketWatch (18 May 2012)

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/tax-man-makes-it-hard-to-be-an-american-2012-05-18?link=MW_home_latest_news

Lewis uses Canadian Peter Dunn as a case study in why extraterritorial US citizens are giving up that citizenship. Information from American Citizens Abroad supplements the account.
 

2012 May 18 – Saunders

 
Laura Saunders
Should you renounce your U.S. citizenship?
Wall Street Journal (18 May 2012)

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303879604577410021186373802.html

Saunders provides a substantial, tight, well-organized summary of the circumstances and issues and history associated with renunciation of US citizenship. A New York immigration lawyer reports “twice as many inquiries.” The new enforcement regime reflects “worries about capital flows and terrorism” in the wake of 9/11.