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New queries, issues 4495

07 April 2015
Issue: 4495 / Categories: Forum & Feedback

US taxing rights; At the car wash; Niggling doubt; No longer building

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US taxing rights

The US tax implications of the 25% tax-free lump sum element of a UK pension

My client is a US citizen who has lived in the UK for many years and has British citizenship. She files a US tax return every year because the US asserts worldwide taxing rights over its citizens for ever.

However she never has a tax liability because she only has some earned income in the UK (for which there is a US exemption) and...

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