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Expatriation Tax Planning for U.S. Citizens and Long-Term Permanent Residents

A live 90-minute premium CLE/CPE video webinar with interactive Q&A

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Thursday, January 23, 2025

1:00pm-2:30pm EST, 10:00am-11:30am PST

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This CLE/CPE webinar will provide tax counsel and advisers with a comprehensive look at critical planning issues and tasks for U.S. citizens planning to expatriate, including U.S. taxpayers planning to renounce their citizenship, and green card holders and other foreign citizens with long-standing U.S. tax presence and/or filing requirements. The webinar will address the "exit tax," detail steps to minimize the tax impact of expatriating, and outline the filing requirements both before and after expatriation.

Description

The number of U.S. citizens expatriating from the United States has increased at an annual rate of 20 percent over the past few years. As part of Treasury's effort to eliminate tax avoidance through expatriation, Section 877A imposes various taxes on U.S. taxpayers who renounce their citizenship or a long-held green card.

Understanding the expatriation rules contained in Section 877A is critical for lawyers and tax advisers who counsel U.S. taxpayers with cross-border ties. Section 877A creates an exit tax regime for U.S. taxpayers who renounce their citizenship, have intentionally relinquished their U.S. citizenship when they become naturalized citizens of another country, or surrender a green card held for more than seven years and whose income or net worth exceeds specific thresholds. The exit tax rules also apply to expatriates who fail to certify U.S. income tax compliance for the five years preceding the year of expatriation.

The exit tax regime under Section 877A imposes an accelerated tax on unrealized capital gains and types of deferred compensation. The exit tax rules also impose harsh gift and estate taxes on U.S. heirs of those impacted by the law.

Listen as our experienced panel provides a comprehensive and practical guide to navigating the exit tax regime for U.S. citizens planning expatriation.

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Outline

  1. Who is a covered expatriate?
    1. The three tests
    2. The exceptions
    3. Determining net worth when trust assets are involved
  2. Applicable taxes under Section 877A
  3. The inheritance tax under Section 2801
  4. Planning techniques

Benefits

The panel will review these and other compelling issues:

  • Who is impacted by Section 877A?
  • How to calculate the mark-to-market tax on capital gains?
  • What types of deferred compensation are subject to the exit tax?
  • The effect of the expatriation rules on U.S. gift and estate taxes
  • Strategies for avoiding or minimizing the taxes imposed under Section 877A

Faculty

Diosdi, Anthony
Anthony V. Diosdi

Partner
Diosdi & Liu

Mr. Diosdi is an experienced trial lawyer who regularly defends individuals and corporations in matters involving tax...  |  Read More

Liu, Kerrin
Kerrin N.T. Liu

Partner
Diosdi & Liu

Ms. Liu focuses on civil tax litigation, representation before Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigations,...  |  Read More

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