http://palazzocpa.com An Expat CPA firm that is focused on providing tax and accounting services to Expats Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:17:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Client Tax Organizer The new 2009 client organizer is now available online at www.palazzocpa.com. Returning clients and new clients are encouraged to review, complete and return as soon as possible. The organizer can be used for current tax assistance as well as prior years. Personal assistance is available by emailing or ... http://palazzocpa.com/news/march-2010-tax-alerts-252/ Client Tax Organizer The new 2008 client organizer is now available online at www.palazzocpa.com. Returning clients and new clients are encouraged to review, complete and return as soon as possible. The organizer can be used for current tax assistance as well as prior years. Personal assistance is available by emailing or ... http://palazzocpa.com/news/congressionalupdates/december-2008-tax-alerts-161/ 2008 FOREIGN EARNED INCOME EXCLUSION – Qualifying Expats can exclude up to $87,600 in Foreign Earned Income (FEI). No adverse changes to the tax treatment of Expats are expected. However, in light of the current political and economic uncertainty one can never tell. That is why we have created ... http://palazzocpa.com/news/taxalerts/october-2008-tax-alerts-158/ Retirement Accounts The number ONE tax saving strategy while working overseas is to maximize your contributions to your employer-provided 401(k) retirement account. If your company offers a 401(k) plan, I recommend the following: contribute the maximum annually; do catch-up contributions to the max. If you are unsure whether your company has a ... http://palazzocpa.com/news/taxalerts/important-tax-issues-sept-2008-102/ Unclassified – Approved for Theater Distribution Date: December 31, 2009 To: US Expats From: ... http://palazzocpa.com/news/taxalerts/new-client-referral-fee-98/ Unclassified – Approved for Theater Distribution Date: November 28, 2007 To: US Expats From: ... http://palazzocpa.com/news/taxalerts/2007-tax-announcement-100/ Dear Expat - As previously promised there will be no increase in fees for 2007 tax year. All basic rates will remain the same as last year. Keep in mind the basic package includes: federal and state (where applicable) planning and tax return preparation; efiling, extensions, correspondence and most importantly year round ... http://palazzocpa.com/news/taxalerts/2007-tax-year-96/ Unclassified – Approved for Theater Wide Distribution Date: November 21, 2007 To: Expats From: Steven Palazzo, Expat CPA Re: The Robert Hunt IRS Memo Everyone I know working overseas in a combat zone probably has seen this memo. Let me tell you once and for all this memo does not apply ... http://palazzocpa.com/news/taxalerts/robert-hunt-irs-memo-dangerous-94/ Unclassified – Approved for Theater Distribution Date: October 29, 2007 To: Expats From: Steven Palazzo, Expat CPA Re: Internet Scams - Phishing Latest activity in phishing scams now involve counterfit IRS emails. Many Expats have contacted me about this because it appears to be an officially sanctioned IRS email. It’s not and it’s false. Here is the ... http://palazzocpa.com/news/taxalerts/phishing-scam-alert-15/ TO: US EXPATS SUBJECT: REPEAL OF THE FOREIGN EARNED INCOME EXCLUSION FORWARD: TO ALL EXPATS AND CORPORATE TAX AND HR MANANGERS In Brief - (REPRINTED FROM IAS GLOBAL WATCH) As part of the process to implement tax cuts within a limited budget, lawmakers have proposed the repeal of the foreign earned income and housing ... http://palazzocpa.com/news/taxalerts/repeal-of-the-foreign-earned-income-exclusion-167/