The France Show by Kelly Roberts

Due to reporting regulations introduced by the IRS in 2010, Americans who leave the States to live abroad are finding it increasingly difficult to find banking and financial advice services and are facing considerable restrictions when it comes to investment and retirement accounts.  The introduction of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FACTA) made it […]

Good news for British expats who are hoping to prove that the EU Referendum Act 2015 unfairly discriminates against them and their decision to exercise their right to freedom of movement in the EU; they have won the right to launch an urgent appeal against the decision to not grant them a vote in the European Union referendum.

The move comes after Lord Justice Lloyd Jones, sitting with Mr Justice Blake at the High Court in London, earlier ruled that section 2 of the Act did not restrict their rights.

The appeal, which is being led by two British expats, is motivated by a desire to prevent Brexit; an event which would unduly affect the lives of the two million British expats who, should Britain leave the EU, face the possibility of having their lives severely disrupted, together with their plans for their expat regular savings. In fact, according to lawyers representing the expats, they face becoming “resident aliens”.