BNA Author Explores International Tax Treaties and Their Provisions Relating to U.S. Individuals Living Abroad

ARLINGTON, Va., July 15, 2011/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In an ever more globally mobile environment, tax practitioners are increasingly finding that the tax affairs of many of their U.S. individual clients involve at least some cross-border considerations. Almost invariably in such situations the provisions of the relevant U.S. tax treaties will have to be taken into account.

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But what are the most important points tax practitioners need to understand about benefits provided to individual taxpayers under international tax treaties to which the United States is a party?  BNA Portfolio author Mark Williamson will explore these benefits in a new BNA Tax & Accounting webinar, International Tax Treaties and Provisions Relating to U.S. Individuals, on July 19, 2011.

In 60-90 minutes, Williamson will cover:

• A review of the policies behind tax treaties and the double taxation problems they seek to address
• Tax treaty "savings clauses" and "residency tie-breaker rules," — how these rules interact with specific treaty benefits for individual taxpayers
• An exploration of specific treaty benefits for individual taxpayers, including:
  • employees and independent contractors
  • government workers
  • corporate directors
  • students and researchers
  • pensions and social security
  • annuities
  • alimony and child support

Educational Objectives

• To bring the tax practitioner to a level of understanding at which he or she can advise individual taxpayers on most treaty benefit issues without the need for outside assistance
• The program will provide a detailed discussion of the subject matter covered
• Identify patterns and differences among tax treaties and common pitfalls for taxpayers and practitioners
• Discuss effective research techniques when dealing with new treaties or unusual problems

This program should also be helpful to Foreign Service Officers and other governmental and non-governmental workers living abroad who may be entitled to claim treaty benefits.

About the Speaker

Mark Williamson is a partner and co-chair of Alston & Bird's Wealth Planning Group in Atlanta, Georgia. He is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel and practices in the areas of estate planning and federal taxation.

He practiced with the Milwaukee law firm of Foley & Lardner before joining Alston & Bird and has been an adjunct professor of law at the University of Wisconsin in Madison and Georgia State University in Atlanta. Mr. Williamson was on the faculties of the 1997, 1999 and 2007 Estate Planning Institutes in Athens, Georgia, and the 1997, 2000, 2007 and 2008 Fiduciary Law Institutes in St. Simons, Georgia. He received the Estates and Trusts Magazine 1997 "Best Young Author Award" for a series of articles he co-authored with Professor Jeffrey Pennell of Emory University, and is listed as one of the "Best Lawyers in America" and as a Georgia "Super Lawyer." He has also chaired the Fiduciary Law Section of the State Bar of Georgia, the Estate Planning and Probate Section of the Atlanta Bar, and the Atlanta Estate Planning Council.

International Tax Treaties and Provisions Related to U.S. Individuals will take place July 19, 2011, from 12:30 AM - 2:00 PM, ET.  To register for this webinar and obtain further information about CLE and CPE credits, go to http://www.bna.com/international-tax-treaties-provisions/?open&cmpid=tmtxpr2011 or call 1-800-372-1033, menu Option 6, then Option 1.  

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About BNA Tax & Accounting Webinars

BNA Tax & Accounting is the foremost source of tax and accounting research, news, practice tools, and guidance for tax attorneys, CPAs, corporate tax managers, estate planners, and financial accountants.  Designed for today's busy practitioners, our webinars offer the same expertise and relevance that are the hallmark of all BNA Tax & Accounting resources. Conference attendees have the opportunity to ask the speakers questions, and may be eligible to earn CLE or CPE credits - all from the convenience of their own office or conference room.

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