26 Dec 2010 | Uncategorized
A fairly common tax planning tip is to try to net out your capital gains and losses at the end of the year, so that (ideally) you do not have a “net” taxable gain, especially not a net short-term capital gain since this would be taxed as ordinary income...
24 Dec 2010 | Dutch Tax, Pensions
It’s getting close to the end of the year and the final deadline for Roth IRS conversions. The rules have been relaxed quite a bit so that pretty much anyone can convert their “Traditional” IRA to a “Roth” IRA. The cost of doing this for...
23 Dec 2010 | Dutch Gift Tax, US Gift Tax
If you are like many Americans, you may be gifting amounts to your children, grandchildren, friends, etc. each year. Or perhaps you are the lucky recipient of such a gift. If so, you are probably familiar with the US rules that allow you to gift up to $13,000 in 2010...
14 Sep 2010 | Dutch Inheritance Tax
One of my most shocking discoveries in working with US clients in the Netherlands is how few of them realize that they are potentially subject to Dutch Inheritance Tax (Successiebelasting). Many US citizens living in the Netherlands (actually their heirs) would in...
13 Jul 2010 | Uncategorized
If you have stock options that have vested, or will vest in 2010, you may be tempted to exercise these options in 2010 since the top US tax rate is 35%, rather than wait until 2011, when the top tax rate is potentially going to increase to 39.6% Conventional advisors...
