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How to unravel the legal complexities of US wealth inheritance

Posted on May 9, 2023 by Claire Tourret

George Bernard Shaw once famously said that the United States and the United Kingdom are “two countries divided by a common language.” In our increasingly interconnected world, it is easy to assume that the laws of two English-speaking jurisdictions refer …

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What advisers can do to help clients hit by the US/UK double tax treaty

Posted on February 18, 2021 by Alice Heathfield

Unlike most other jurisdictions worldwide, the US levies tax based on citizenship. This means that a US citizen living in the UK can be simultaneously exposed to UK tax as a UK resident and US tax as a US citizen. …

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