The UK tax office is experiencing a major backlog because of problems with a new internal computer system and UK postal strikes. Postal strikes have been ongoing since July and the BBC estimates that 15 million letters haven’t been delivered yet as a result. Subsequently hundreds...

Landlords in Ireland have to file their self-assessment Irish tax return by October 31st every year. This applies to anyone who earns income from renting out a property or a room in your private residence and you still need to file a tax return even if...

Self-employed workers and people with non-PAYE income in the UK and Ireland only have a couple of weeks to get their paper-file tax returns in on time. The deadline for paper filing UK tax returns and Ireland tax returns isOctober 31st and if you miss...

US citizens have really complex US tax obligations even when they are living and working abroad. President Obama is clamping down on US expat tax in an effort to get revenue in so if you’re living outside the US you need to make sure you...

Most countries have a tax year that is the same as the calendar year and so it finishes on December 31st. But you don’t always have to wait until you leave the country to file your tax return and claim your tax refund. In Australia...

In many countries it is compulsory even for foreign workers to pay into a pension fund from their earnings. Most countries though allow foreign workers to claim a pension refund if they leave the country permanently. In Germany pension refunds are about €1520 while pension refunds from Japan...