Considerations For International Clients Who Intend to Buy A Home In the U.S.

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Sheppard Mullin

By Amy McEvoy

International buyers invested $82.5 billion in U.S. residential real estate (4.8% of total U.S. sales) according to the most recent survey conducted by the National Association of Realtors for the 12 month period ending with March 2012. According to that survey, the top states in the U.S. for international buyers were Florida, California, Arizona and Texas. That survey also finds that the top-five international buyers were from Canada, China, Mexico, India, and the United Kingdom and that Brazil also remains a major source of purchasers. Homes are bought in the U.S. for investment, vacation-use, temporary use for professional, educational (which could include providing a home to a child who is pursuing his or her education in the U.S.), and a myriad of other reasons.

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IRS Issues Final Regulations Requiring Reporting by Financial Institutions of Interest Payments Made on U.S. Accounts of Non-Resident Individuals

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Sheppard Mullin

By Keith Gercken and Danica Dodds

Summary

On April 17, 2012 the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service issued final regulations requiring information reporting by a broad range of banks and other financial institutions of interest paid to certain nonresident alien individuals on funds held in U.S. accounts. These reporting requirements are generally applicable for payments of interest made on or after January 1, 2013, and are intended to enhance the ability of the IRS to effectively exchange tax information with foreign revenue authorities under the existing network of tax information exchange agreements, thereby bolstering its ability to combat offshore tax evasion by U.S. taxpayers.

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