Plan First’s Resource Library

Estate Planning & Exit, Taxes

Est. Reading Time - 10 min

US Citizenship

US Citizenship as a British Expat Many British expats who move to America end up staying and seeking US citizenship. This makes sense from a...

Estate Planning & Exit, Taxes, Financial Planning

Estate Planning for British Expats in America

Estate planning for British expatriates living in America can be extremely nuanced and challenging. This is compounded by the fact that expatriates are often unaware...

Social Security & Medicare

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US Social Security – Medicare Explained For British Expats

If you are a British expat looking to retire, you probably need some help understanding Medicare. Medicare can get overly complicated, even for natural-born US...

Social Security & Medicare

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US Social Security & the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP)

US Social Security and the Detrimental Effect of WEP Most Brits are barely cognisant of the UK state pension system (no judgement – it’s complicated)...

Financial Planning

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Should I Make Voluntary National Insurance Contributions?

This is the second blog in a 2-part series about the UK state pension. In the first blog we discussed how a non-UK resident can...

Financial Planning

Est. Reading Time - 15 min

US Reporting Compliance

In this blog, we will discuss the UK NT tax code and US reporting compliance. An NT tax code relates to UK tax withholding. US...

SIPP, UK State Pension, Financial Planning

Est. Reading Time - 7 min

NT Tax Code

 For British ex-pats living in the US, many tax-related topics cause confusion. In this blog post, we will discuss the UK NT tax code,...

Financial Planning

Est. Reading Time - 15 min

Reporting Funds & Non-Reporting Funds

 In our last blog, on non-US investments, we looked at US taxpayers investing in non-US collective funds. For example, EU-registered mutual funds and ETFs....

UK State Pension, Financial Planning

Passive Foreign Investment Companies (PFICs)

Many British expatriates living in America have Passive Foreign Investment Companies (PFICs). In this blog, we will limit our discussion to collective investments, such as...