Alexander Marino is quoted in an article titled “Trump bump: U.S. citizenship renunciation inquiries surge in Canada, lawyers say” on CBC News, January 28, 2025.
Alexander Marino is quoted in an article titled “‘Scary’: Why US expats are tossing their citizenships – and it’s not just Trump” in The Sydney Morning Herald, November 1, 2024
Kenneth Keung is quoted in the Investment Executive article titled “Quirk in capital gains tax rules raises risks for incorporated clients,” published on July 24, 2024.
Kenneth Keung is quoted in the Investment Executive article titled “How should trusts flow out capital gains to beneficiaries in 2024?”, July 5, 2024.
Kim G C Moody, Kenneth Keung, and Christopher Ellett are quoted in the Investment Executive article titled “When is the latest clients can sell assets prior to June 25?”, published on May 17, 2024.
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What’s the IRS’s Deal with the 2019 Return Processing Backlog?
US tax professionals are keenly aware of the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) and its processing of returns, payments, and other documents. The delay has been so severe that at the end of 2020, there were still many million pieces of unopened mail and well over a million unprocessed returns.
President Biden’s US Citizenship Act of 2021 Introduced to Congress
On February 19, 2021, President Biden introduced his administration’s highly anticipated comprehensive immigration reform (CIR) bill, the “US Citizenship Act of 2021”, to both the Senate and the House.
CLIENT ALERT: Suspension of Alberta Pilot COVID-19 Program
The Alberta Pilot Program will be suspended as of February 22, 2021 as part of a broader introduction of new COVID-19 travel restrictions.
CLIENT ALERT: COVID-19 Testing Requirement for Land Entries to Canada
The requirement that all international air passengers travelling to Canada must present a negative COVID-19 PCR test result prior to boarding will now also apply to ports-of-entry via land, starting Feb. 15.
Three New Immigration-Related Executive Orders from the White House
The White House held “Immigration Day” whereby President Biden signed three additional executive orders geared towards immigration reform and undoing the policies of his predecessor.
Renouncing your US citizenship: Is divorcing Uncle Sam right for you?
Record numbers of US citizens living across the world have recently or are in the process of renouncing. In fact, 2020 set a record for individuals renouncing their US citizenship, with a total of 6,705. Why would the United States, with a seven to ten-year waitlist to acquire citizenship, have so many citizens headed for the exit?
Alexander Marino is quoted in an article titled “Trump bump: U.S. citizenship renunciation inquiries surge in Canada, lawyers say” on CBC News, January 28, 2025.
Alexander Marino is quoted in an article titled “‘Scary’: Why US expats are tossing their citizenships – and it’s not just Trump” in The Sydney Morning Herald, November 1, 2024
Kenneth Keung is quoted in the Investment Executive article titled “Quirk in capital gains tax rules raises risks for incorporated clients,” published on July 24, 2024.
Kenneth Keung is quoted in the Investment Executive article titled “How should trusts flow out capital gains to beneficiaries in 2024?”, July 5, 2024.
Kim G C Moody, Kenneth Keung, and Christopher Ellett are quoted in the Investment Executive article titled “When is the latest clients can sell assets prior to June 25?”, published on May 17, 2024.
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