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News from ACA -- October
1999 -- Issue 65a
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IRS German Office Relocates to Berlin
Expat_List
Immigration Information
Can You Add to the Census Scrapbook?
Ideas in Action
New Book Review
Section 911 Update: Support Still Needed
Monthly International Relocation Newsletter
Swiss News
Peruse the complete News Update Index
- IRS German Office Relocates to Berlin
- The following
information has been taken from Expat_List (cf.
section on Expat_List below):
Effective 26 August 1999 the Bonn (Germany) Office
of the Internal Revenue Service closed. The office
relocated to Berlin, Germany, and reopened on
13 September 1999. The new address, phone and fax
numbers are:
US Embassy/IRS
Clayallee 170
D-14195 Berlin
Germany
Phone: (+49 30) 8305-1130,
Fax: (+49 30) 8305-1145
Information and materials can also be obtained by
visiting the IRS home page at
http://www.IRS.GOV/.
From this site, you can download tax forms with
instructions, publications and other tax materials.
You can also get answers to "frequently asked tax
questions" and request help via e-mail.
- Expat_List
- The
goal of Expat_List is to provide specialized
information and services for the global worker. It
also contains in-depth articles, commentary, and
resources which provide the serious job-hunter with
important background information before going into an
interview. Included in each issue: job opportunities
from international organizations engaged in
international humanitarian efforts, including
disaster relief, sustainable development, refugee
assistance, advocacy and education. Expat_list is
available to the public "free" by subscription only
and is published weekly. Site:
http://www.listservice.net/expatj-list/
- Immigration information
- BCL Immigration Services (
www.visa-free.com) is based
in London. Yet it deals not only with UK work permits
and/or immigration, but also with US work
permits/visas of all sorts, in addition to providing
visa and/or work permit and/or immigration info on
Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa,
Ireland, Italy, and Belgium.
- Can You Add to the Census Scrapbook?
-
Can you provide ACA with articles concerning overseas
Americans being counted in Census 2000? The C2k
Coalition seeks copies of articles published around
the world, advocating the inclusion of private
Americans abroad in the census. October is the
critical month in the census drive. Thanks to
supporters of the C2k Coalition, articles which will
surely influence Congress have appeared recently in
Washington area publications such as Insight,
The Hill, and Roll Call (the latter two articles being
by Kenneth Blackwell, Co-chair of the Census
Monitoring Board). However, also impressive in
Washington is the groundswell of articles in the
UK-based Transatlantic American, the
Riviera Reporter, and numerous other publications,
large and small, worldwide. For once, the very geographical
diversity of overseas Americans can be a useful
"weapon." Please mail, fax or e-mail articles to ACA
(coordinates below), for forwarding to Washington.
Include title of publication, date and place
published.
- Ideas in Action
-
Ideas
in Action is an e-mail newsletter published
every three or four weeks
by Idealist and Action without Borders. It offers a
brief selection of news and pointers to useful
resources. Its goal is to share the most useful
resources and ideas which might be of interest to
people who work for or support nonprofit and
voluntary organizations. To see previous issues, or
to subscribe or unsubscribe, go to
http://www.idealist.org/newsletter.html
- New Book Review
-
William Procter,
ACA's new Country Contact in Costa Rica, has written a
review of The Directory of Work & Study in
Developing Countries (3rd edition), by Toby Milner.
The book is divided into three parts: Work, Voluntary
Work, and Study. The content is mainly a description
of each agency or organization that provides work or
study opportunities in developing countries. See our ACA book reviews.
- Section 911 Update: Support Still Needed
-
As part of the $792 billion
tax relief package,
Congress recently approved new Section 911
legislation that would allow for increases in the
foreign earned income exclusion of $3,000 per year
between 2002 and 2007. This would raise the exclusion
to a total of $95,000 by the year 2007. The large tax
relief package has just been vetoed by the White
House, so it is unclear if the Section 911 provision
will be enacted during this session of Congress. With
this in mind, support for the proposed 911 provision
is still very much needed from private individuals as
well as companies. Contact the Congress, Treasury,
and White House (a full list of those to contact,
with their coordinates, can be found on this ACA web site). The best hope in the aftermath of
the veto seems to be the prospect of attaching the
Section 911 provision to a separate legislative
vehicle (i.e., a smaller package). Under current law,
the exclusion is $74,000 and will increase $2,000 per
year until 2002. Starting in 2008, the exclusion will
be indexed for inflation. Good background information
regarding legislation affecting expatriates may be
found in the International Herald Tribune article
"Some Expatriate Benefits May Survive Dead Tax Bill,"
by Brian Knowlton, 23 September 1999. Look under
Knowlton's articles at:
www.iht.com/IHT/BK/99/index.html.
- Monthly International Relocation Newsletter
- A free monthly e-mail newsletter
established by BR Anchor Publishing to
provide the reader with current relocation
information. To subscribe, send an e-mail to
branchor@inttek.net or call 1-800-727-7691 (in the USA).
Inside the September issue:
- BR Anchor Publishing's New Address
- Domestic Relocation's Newest Resource
- "Saving Relocation Dollars" by Beverly D. Roman, Publisher, BR Anchor
Publishing
- Expat Notes
- "The Ongoing Cost-of-Living Debate" by Don
Bentivoglio, Runzheimer International
- 1999 Global Nomads International Conference
- Tip of the Month
- BR Anchor Publishing Offers Secure Online Ordering!
-
www.branchor.com Offers More Than Books
- SWISS NEWS
- Geneva for Beginners
The American Women's Club of Geneva
is organizing its annual "Geneva for Beginners" session
starting 7 September 1999 and
continuing on through to 12 October.
Open to all newcomers for CHF 100/single or
CHF 150/couple,
you should register before 2
September by calling (+41 22) 7360120 or
Fax (+41 22) 7350332.
- American Library Lecture Series
- Emily and Charlotte Brontë are
the theme of this year's first two lectures at the
American Library in Geneva, starting 23 September 1999.
- ACG Open House
- World Trade Center II in Geneva
is the place to be on Thursday 18 November 1999 (6-8 pm) for the annual
America Center Open House where you can meet and mingle with representatives
from many international groups in Geneva. ACA will have its table too.
- Prepare now for ACA FUNdraiser
- Mark your calendar for
ACA's annual FUNdraiser to be held 10 March 2000 in Geneva.
THIS ISSUE of ACA's News Update
was prepared by Amy Bryant, Germany and edited with the help of
ACA's worldwide network of correspondents.
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contribute to the News Update, contact us at acage@aca.ch.
The ACA News Update editing &
publishing team:
- Publisher & Editor-in-Chief:
Dorothy van Schooneveld, ACA Executive Director
- Co-Senior Editors: Kathryn Boyer, ACA
Country Contact in Sweden; David Ferrell, ACA Country Contact in
Brazil
- Contributing Editors: Karl Jauch, ACA
Associate Executive Director,
Geneva; Elizabeth Davis, Spain; Amy Bryant, Germany;
Janet Rubinstein, Turkey.
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