L.A. Fashion District: The Most Recent Target of the U.S. Government’s Crackdown On Money Laundering & The BMPE
The Los Angeles Fashion District spans 100 blocks, with over 2,000 businesses selling fashions and accessories at 30% to 70% off retail prices. Saturdays are the busiest Los Angeles Fashion District shopping days, when wholesale-only shops open to the general public. The Sunday shopping epicenter is Santee Alley, between Olympic and Pico Boulevards, where you’ll […]
FATCA’s October 1st Numbers: Healthy or Dysmal?
Dean Byrnes recently published his monthly update on FATCA registrations in a blog entitled, “Is FATCA Failing? What do the October 1st numbers say?” Dean Byrnes breaks it all down and analyzes the statistics in a way that only he can. What you are about to read might surprise you.
Why Are Banks Saying Sayonara to U.S. Expats?
Fidelity Investments appears to be the latest unintended consequence of the United States’ stepped-up efforts to collect taxes from its citizens and residents regardless of where they live and earn their money. Last July, Fidelity decided to bar its U.S. clients living abroad from buying or trading its mutual funds. Ironically, even though it has […]