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You Can Do Anything

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to ski from the top of a mountain? Scuba dive in coral seas? Give that job or study course a go? Try that dish on the menu?

Do you find yourself doing what your boss, parent, teacher, news reader, politician tells you, rather that what your instinct suggests you do?

We all have these moments. The decisions we take determine our destiny and our future world.

You don’t run a marathon until you start a training run.

You don’t learn until you try.

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4 Steps to RAIS Your Game and Overcome Challenges

 Have you ever felt stressed or daunted by the challenges ahead of you at home, at work, within yourself ?

ProACT Sam Says  these 4 Steps to RAIS Your Game and Overcome Challenges could help to Enjoy life’s challenges. Move forward.

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The End is In Sight - But for Whom in the Game of EU Brexit

EU Brexit for Expats Blog

ProACT Sam Orgill bring you a Weekly Update on EU Brexit for Expats

“In the Game of Thrones You Win or You Die” Cersi Lannister told the Noble Edwin Stark. And so it seem in this weekly drama of EU Brexit for Expats. Very political, high risk stuff.  There will one winner it seems, who will that be? EU, Merkel, Crobyn, France, Russia, Saudi, Nicola Sturgeon of the SNP, Boris Johnson, Theresa May?

“It’s the economy stupid” was a campaign phrased by a relative of mine, James Carville, as campaign strategist for Bill Clinton in the 1991 Presidential election.  It was successful in an election campaign that unseated the sitting president George W Bush, who lost in an campaign held during a recession.

Teresa May is in an election campaign that will run until 23:00PM on 29th March 2019 when the UK will be committed to leaving the EU, a date to be written into UK law. If she gets the government that far.  Until that date anything could change and everything may.

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3 Elephants in the EU Brexit Waiting Room

EU Brexit for Expats Blog

ProACT Sam Orgill bring you a Weekly View on EU Brexit for Expats

3 Elephants in the EU Brexit Waiting Room

The terms of EU Brexit is a 2 Stage process, whether the UK like it or not, the EU insist it is step by step. Therein lies the issues at the centre of the politics building to a crescendo for the unofficial December deadline for completing the first step.

There are 3 elephants in the room hindering an agreement on the financial settlement.

Firstly the UK government need consider how to eat the three elephants in the EU Brexit waiting room.  Theresa May’s government has allot to digest before they reach a Brexit agreement in the next 5 months.  It could be they have almost too much to swallow in order to achieve an acceptable first financial settlement by December 2018. Food for thought indeed.

 

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Automatic Inheritance Tax on Property, Business and Probate.for Expats

8 Reason to Use Wills and Trusts to Protect Overseas Assets

ProACT Sam Orgill www.proactpartnership.com  .

Automatic Exchange of Information Impacts Everything

The EU introduced new laws for dealing with Estates. Cyprus like other EU countries introduced wide ranging changes in legislation that has a direct impact on the tax status of assets held by Expats overseas.

This allows the possibility for the home country to find out about the overseas business, property and investment assets.  This could add a 40% inheritance tax bill to an estate.

Read the Full Article for More detail and 8 Reason to Use Wills and Trusts to Protect Overseas Assets

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The End in Sight - But for Who? b

EU Brexit for Expats Blog

ProACT Sam Orgill bring you a Weekly Update on EU Brexit for Expats

“In the Game of Thrones You Win or You Die” Cersi Lannister told the Noble Edwin Stark. And so it seem in this weekly drama of EU Brexit for Expats. Very political, high risk stuff.  There will one winner it seems, who will that be? EU, Merkel, Crobyn, France, Russia, Saudi, Nicola Sturgeon of the SNP, Boris Johnson, Theresa May?

“It’s the economy stupid” was a campaign phrased by a relative of mine, James Carville, as campaign strategist for Bill Clinton in the 1991 Presidential election.  It was successful in an election campaign that unseated the sitting president George W Bush, who lost in an campaign held during a recession.

Teresa May is in an election campaign that will run until 23:00PM on 29th March 2019 when the UK will be committed to leaving the EU, a date to be written into UK law. If she gets the government that far.  Until that date anything could change and everything may.

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3 Reasons to Review Expat Tax & Pensions

TUESDAY TAX BLOG; ProACT Sam Orgill at Changes to Tax Laws that means there are 3 Reasons to Review Expat Tax & Pensions

Living With a Paradise Paper

If you are Living and Working Abroad in Paradise there may be a piece of paper on its way to you.

Big changes to Tax and Pension for Expats means the Tax Man in your home country and your country of residence may be sending you a letter or a tax demand in the next few months.

 

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2 Habits to Change That Improve Your Integrity with People

 Change is difficult, a struggle to release the old bad habits that brought you to your world today, and replace them with new habits that will create the future you dream off.

As you progress you may find yourself more effective at completing tasks on schedule, but retain a conflict that something’s are not getting done. Why is that ?

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