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Recent content by MacContractor
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US citizen, UK ltd company US tax filing
I've been in exactly the same situation. My suggestion is to get a accountant in the US to do all that stuff for you, as it can be a bit of a minefield. The people I used in the past (I gave up my US citizenship) were: Taxes For Expats - Top Rated Tax Service for Americans Abroad. But if you...- MacContractor
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- Forum: Accounting / Legal
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US Citizen contracting in UK
All good advice. It's very complicated to extricate yourself from the US. I was what would be classed as an 'accidental American', it just so happened I was born there, so I'm happy that I don't have to worry about FATCA, FBAR and everything else that came with it, but as you've said if you do...- MacContractor
- Post #26
- Forum: Accounting / Legal
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US Citizen contracting in UK
I was in the same situation as yourself, being a dual UK-US citizen and it was a massive amount of hassle each year come US tax return time. Eventually I got fed up with all the time and money I was having to spend just to keep myself within the law for a country I only ever visited when on...- MacContractor
- Post #24
- Forum: Accounting / Legal
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NoSQL - what's the big deal
I'd personally say that data persistence is very much going to be a mixture of both in the future, choosing the right tool for the job and as has been said, that'll be decided on a case by case basis. Good to have had some exposure to the various kinds of NoSQL DB's just to know when it might...- MacContractor
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- Forum: Technical
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WPF as a viable career focus?
Good call regarding threading.- MacContractor
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- Forum: Technical
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WPF as a viable career focus?
All my friend are doing is pure UI work, nothing else. All the data is sent to them via a set of services. They can't believe how much they're getting paid for what they have to do. Fire your CV in and see what happens, they can only say no! :)- MacContractor
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- Forum: Technical
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WPF as a viable career focus?
If you're looking to get into banking there's a fair few bank jobs up in Glasgow at the moment paying between £400 - £500 and I know for a fact that's they can't get enough WPF dev's. Could be your way in if you fancy working for a bank.- MacContractor
- Post #9
- Forum: Technical
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WPF as a viable career focus?
If you want to contract for banks WPF is the way to go. I've a lot of friends making good money writing WPF code for banks. The only down side is that it's pretty much only banks that seem to use it!- MacContractor
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- Forum: Technical
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Contracting in the USA
I'm a dual citizen and I wouldn't bother due to the MASSIVE headache the tax situation would cause. US tax laws are ridiculously complicated, so I'd give it a miss if I were you.- MacContractor
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- Forum: Accounting / Legal
