Here is some information that SFB better listen to as the IRS now has her name I made sure of that:
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Americans in N.S. warned to file taxes
By BRUCE ERSKINE Business Reporter
Tue, Jul 26 - 4:54 AM
Americans living in Nova Scotia can’t afford to ignore the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, says a tax specialist with Grant Thornton LLP in Halifax.
"U.S citizens and U.S. green card holders have to file U.S. federal income tax returns regardless of where they live in the world and they have to report their worldwide income," Jason Hale said Monday said in an interview.
"American citizens living in Nova Scotia who aren’t filing tax returns with the IRS could be risking significant penalties."
Filing a United States tax return has always been mandatory for Americans living in Canada or for Canadians who hold U.S. citizenship. The combined total for both groups is estimated to top one million.
But Hale said the IRS has increased its scrutiny in recent years with help from U.S Customs and Border Protection.
"When the identification requirements changed for entry into the U.S., the simple act of crossing the border became an opportunity for the U.S. government to identify Americans and dual citizens living abroad," he said in a recent news release.
"U.S. Customs agents became, in effect, one of the IRS’s front-line assets."
The United States has also enhanced the tools the IRS uses to enforce American tax laws through measures such as the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, which takes effect in 2013.
Under the act, Canadian banking institutions will be required to report details on all Canadian accounts held by U.S. citizens.
Institutions that fail to do so will face a 30 per cent tax on all U.S. investment income and gross sale proceeds from U.S. stocks and securities.
"That’s a significant development," Hale said.
An IRS amnesty program offered under the Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Initiative, which expires in August, sets a maximum 25 per cent penalty on foreign account balances.
Grant Thornton has fielded dozens of calls in advance of the amnesty deadline.
Many were from long-term Canadian residents unaware of their U.S. tax filing obligations since they pay taxes in Canada and hadn’t been targeted previously by the IRS.
Hale didn’t know how many Americans there are living in Nova Scotia who may be affected by the tighter U.S. regulations, but he suggested the number was significant.
"It would be in the thousands," he said, noting there was an influx of Americans to Canada in the 1970s and during the George W. Bush era.
A spokeswoman with the U.S. consulate in Halifax said Monday there are an estimated 25,000 U.S. citizens living in Atlantic Canada.
No provincial breakdown was available and the consulate said inquiries about the tax issue haven’t been out of the ordinary compared with inquiries about other issues.
( berskine@herald.ca)
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
ME..ME...ME its all about ME!!
Well it appears that Miss Franie has stepped it up a bit,and has dared HRM to tear her shack down the following is a letter that she sent to the media,since no major media really gives a rats ass and would sooner just ignore her thought I would give the writer a hand in getting her BS out there. Now there are a few things that Miss Almost a PHD, (Frannie)left out of her BS letter,the key thing that she failed to state is that,she only has 1/2 half a foundation as is obvious by the photos she has plastered all over the net taken 21 July 2011; ok so 1/2 of shack has foundation the other 1/2 will be held up by a sky hook I suppose.
I suspect that Miss Shit For Brains, (Frannie) wasn't getting the response she expected off Facebook by using phony accounts ie Tad,Milo and countless more phony names;so now she has at least 5 twitter accounts spewing her garbage all over the net;I suspect that it is harder to suck in people to send her money on twitter than it was,(is),on Facebook.
Now she has pissed off the vast majority of local residents,residents of HRM,in fact most people in Nova Scotia. Therefore many complaints about her have been filed with HRM re. shack,the dept of Health,re septic,Rev. Canada re Income from begging; now drum roll....... the IRS it appears that they are hunting down free loaders that are American citizens,living in Canada; now rev. Canada will assist the IRS in any investigation, I would dare say its going to be an interesting 6 months ahead for Shit For Brains.
Shit For Brains by now must know that a come from awayer should not bad mouth our Gov.,our legal system,our neighbors. Because it will come back to bite you in the ass.
Here is the letter from SFB:
Sent to local media. We'll see what they do.
From: Francesca Rogier
Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2011 02:31:09 -0300
Subject: I insist Halifax tear down my house!
I put it to you: are you tough enough to ask these questions?
- Why has Halifax pretended to be concerned about public safety about my house falsely claiming my house is dangerous, when any fool can see that it was not, since it was perfectly fine for THREE YEARS on temporary supports? And right next door to me a house vacant for 20 years that is truly dangerous and unsightly somehow escaped HRM attention until very recently – only after several more calls were made by a local man? The road to my house is dotted with structures falling down. But my house was singled out. Why?
- Why has Halifax pretended my dog is too vicious to live, when she never bit a human – even when she was being kicked in the head and stomach repeatedly? That happened on the two occasions that led to her seizure! In the first one, there was no injury to the other dog! Now Halifax has not seized two large dogs who were at large when they killed a shih tzu – the same kind of dog that Brindi was friends with right here, down the road. I used to walk her together with Teddy with no problem at all.
Halifax knows exactly where those dogs are: at home with their owner. Yet NO violations, no muzzle order, no seizure, no euthanization. And they are not the only ones. Why?? How can the mayor talk about keeping Brindi off the streets, and say nothing about these killers?
Halifax issued an order to demolish my house on June 9. It was supposed to be done within 30 days. My house is a Heritage property, protected under the Heritage Act of Nova Scotia. Only if there are building code violations, and there is irreparable damage, can the city legitimately call for demolition. But there were no building code violations. No inspector ever stated that my house should be torn down. The most he ever said was that it needed a foundation! Yes, that is why I have a valid building permit good till 2012. No city dreams of demolishing a house that is under construction with a valid permit! No honest city councilor would believe the lies told in the hearings – lies, like wooden cribbing is only good for four weeks. Four weeks! Or, “A slanted roof or a crooked wall is irreversible structural damage.” Not only are there abundant examples of both; both can be easily fixed. Irreparable damage?
The fact is, the municipal staff and councilors have made a mockery of the Heritage Law, the building laws, and their own charter, in order to cooperate in a cruel and vicious undertaking to harm me more and stop me from seeking justice and the return of my innocent dog. Heritage staff, who had previously supported me with grants, told me in so many words that they were forced to participate in the charade. It all began the very week I notified HRM that I was going to court to get Brindi out, last October. To the day. Eviction followed a bogus order by the building inspector; I was denied the right of appeal, and then denied the right to appeal the demolition order that was equally bogus. Yet nobody cares. The judge didn’t even care enough to hear my application, claiming he had no jurisdiction. A supreme court justice has jurisdiction over EVERYTHING. Clearly the courts are loathe to make HRM look bad.
Until barely a week ago my house remained supported by virtually the same supports since 2008. Everybody knows the reason the foundation was not completed: the contractor went bankrupt, and then HRM seized Brindi, and refused to give her back for two years. There was no time for me to resume construction. I endured the hardship and was called crazy for it.
Just as I was starting to resume work on my house, Halifax took Brindi again, when one of its own employees, married to a member of the same local family who first reported Brindi to HRM, called Animal Control after a minor incident – in front of my own home. That couple admitted to police that they were constantly walking by my house with their dog. The man works for the Planning Department. The woman, a social worker, bragged that she was trying to get friends to report Brindi all summer, so she could be killed. She swore loudly at me that night, without even glancing at her dog, “I don’t give a fuck about Brindi, I only care about my dog!”
As far as the house goes, HRM staff and councilors have not only denied reality; they had no right to set an arbitrary completion deadline for construction being done on private property by private owners. Apparently nobody noticed this. They erroneously and illegally gave me 30 days under threat of demolition, misusing the Charter in word and deed, and abusing my rights. Furthermore, demolition orders are not meant to be conditional. They are supposed to be carried out, period. When councilors vote for demolition, demolition is what is supposed to happen. They can no longer even be challenged by an appeal to a council committee thanks to a clever move – there is no more Dangerous & Unsightly Premises Committee. There is only an Appeals Committee. You’d think it is there to hear appeals. But it is not: it issues demolition orders and these orders can only be challenged at the supreme court, at the cost of the property owner, of course.
So I demand that Halifax tear down my house. So what if there is a foundation in place now? That has no meaning when there is a demolition order. Why would any city issue a demolition order and then tell the owner to go ahead and invest $30,000 to complete it?? It’s insane. Or, it’s malicious, unethical, and illegal conduct, deserving of a major investigation.
As you all know, Halifax has locked up my dog for nearly three years. It refuses all reasonable options to keep her alive, including adoption, leaving the country, etc. Why? Because it is determined to kill her. I don’t know why it wanted to at the start, because Brindi never killed a dog, never even injured a dog in two out of four reported incidents! In the other two, the injuries were too minor to require vet treatment beyond first aid. Until I won against HRM in court, I was never charged for the three incidents leading to her seizure – charges would have put me in front of a judge within a few weeks. They lay charges all the time. But HRM did not want that. It was all calculated to thwart my efforts to save her life. A plan to kill Brindi was hatched months before the seizure, between another dog owner and an animal control officer; they cooked up the muzzle order with the explicit intent to seize and kill my poor dog. All this was shown in court. Nobody cared.
HRM still has a woefully bad by-law on animal control. Written by a cop and never read through by councilors, it is dangerous; it can be perverted by staff at will, and is. Three years on, it has still never fixed A300. And HRM still lacks any legal authority to continue holding a dog after the moment of seizure. Look it up. You will not find any law, provincial or local, that provides that power. They held her illegally for two years, and they have nearly held her for another year. The law is very clear on detention of seized property: without a court order, which cannot be given if the property is not evidence, which Brindi is not, they must return the property.
Oh, rest assured, HRM Legal Services is very aware of this problem. That is exactly why they started going after my house and evicted me. Their legal brief that sought to block the injunction I wanted was shocking, claiming that they should be allowed to keep her even if there was no law authorizing it, just because they wanted to kill her.
HRM is hoping that you don’t notice this. Or how much tax revenue they are wasting. But there can be no more doubt that it is in the wrong on Brindi and on my house. And that it is fully aware of how wrong it is. There can be no doubt of the malice and hypocrisy involved here. Just because I am an immigrant and a single woman does not mean Halifax should be allowed to get away with this cruelty and damage to property.
I am heartsick for Brindi, and I am horrified and saddened about what happened to Otis. I cannot imagine the pain his owners feel. I do know, however, how betrayed and outraged they must feel. Betrayed by HRM, and betrayed by the media. Nobody has covered the story in over a week. Those two dogs are still at large, a proven deadly menace, while my Brindi remains caged up every day and night. It doesn’t matter where she is kept, although I cannot say that Wyndenfog is a very nice place: no kennel is good for a dog to be locked up for months and years – and no self-respecting kennel owner would agree to do that! I am not allowed visits, and her health has been suffering.
The death of Otis cannot be hidden under the carpet.
This thinly veiled persecution and outright cruelty to my dog has gone on far too long. IT HAS BEEN THREE YEARS TO THE DAY.
Why have you local media turned a blind eye? Because it is too complicated, or because you don’t want to embarrass HRM? Are you that afraid? Or is this place truly a good ole boy regime, as many have told me?
The public wants to know. I want to know. Sporadic reporting that leaves the public with misconceptions is no longer acceptable; in fact, it can be fairly called propaganda.
DO YOUR JOB.
Francesca Rogier
I suspect that Miss Shit For Brains, (Frannie) wasn't getting the response she expected off Facebook by using phony accounts ie Tad,Milo and countless more phony names;so now she has at least 5 twitter accounts spewing her garbage all over the net;I suspect that it is harder to suck in people to send her money on twitter than it was,(is),on Facebook.
Now she has pissed off the vast majority of local residents,residents of HRM,in fact most people in Nova Scotia. Therefore many complaints about her have been filed with HRM re. shack,the dept of Health,re septic,Rev. Canada re Income from begging; now drum roll....... the IRS it appears that they are hunting down free loaders that are American citizens,living in Canada; now rev. Canada will assist the IRS in any investigation, I would dare say its going to be an interesting 6 months ahead for Shit For Brains.
Shit For Brains by now must know that a come from awayer should not bad mouth our Gov.,our legal system,our neighbors. Because it will come back to bite you in the ass.
Here is the letter from SFB:
Sent to local media. We'll see what they do.
From: Francesca Rogier
Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2011 02:31:09 -0300
Subject: I insist Halifax tear down my house!
I put it to you: are you tough enough to ask these questions?
- Why has Halifax pretended to be concerned about public safety about my house falsely claiming my house is dangerous, when any fool can see that it was not, since it was perfectly fine for THREE YEARS on temporary supports? And right next door to me a house vacant for 20 years that is truly dangerous and unsightly somehow escaped HRM attention until very recently – only after several more calls were made by a local man? The road to my house is dotted with structures falling down. But my house was singled out. Why?
- Why has Halifax pretended my dog is too vicious to live, when she never bit a human – even when she was being kicked in the head and stomach repeatedly? That happened on the two occasions that led to her seizure! In the first one, there was no injury to the other dog! Now Halifax has not seized two large dogs who were at large when they killed a shih tzu – the same kind of dog that Brindi was friends with right here, down the road. I used to walk her together with Teddy with no problem at all.
Halifax knows exactly where those dogs are: at home with their owner. Yet NO violations, no muzzle order, no seizure, no euthanization. And they are not the only ones. Why?? How can the mayor talk about keeping Brindi off the streets, and say nothing about these killers?
Halifax issued an order to demolish my house on June 9. It was supposed to be done within 30 days. My house is a Heritage property, protected under the Heritage Act of Nova Scotia. Only if there are building code violations, and there is irreparable damage, can the city legitimately call for demolition. But there were no building code violations. No inspector ever stated that my house should be torn down. The most he ever said was that it needed a foundation! Yes, that is why I have a valid building permit good till 2012. No city dreams of demolishing a house that is under construction with a valid permit! No honest city councilor would believe the lies told in the hearings – lies, like wooden cribbing is only good for four weeks. Four weeks! Or, “A slanted roof or a crooked wall is irreversible structural damage.” Not only are there abundant examples of both; both can be easily fixed. Irreparable damage?
The fact is, the municipal staff and councilors have made a mockery of the Heritage Law, the building laws, and their own charter, in order to cooperate in a cruel and vicious undertaking to harm me more and stop me from seeking justice and the return of my innocent dog. Heritage staff, who had previously supported me with grants, told me in so many words that they were forced to participate in the charade. It all began the very week I notified HRM that I was going to court to get Brindi out, last October. To the day. Eviction followed a bogus order by the building inspector; I was denied the right of appeal, and then denied the right to appeal the demolition order that was equally bogus. Yet nobody cares. The judge didn’t even care enough to hear my application, claiming he had no jurisdiction. A supreme court justice has jurisdiction over EVERYTHING. Clearly the courts are loathe to make HRM look bad.
Until barely a week ago my house remained supported by virtually the same supports since 2008. Everybody knows the reason the foundation was not completed: the contractor went bankrupt, and then HRM seized Brindi, and refused to give her back for two years. There was no time for me to resume construction. I endured the hardship and was called crazy for it.
Just as I was starting to resume work on my house, Halifax took Brindi again, when one of its own employees, married to a member of the same local family who first reported Brindi to HRM, called Animal Control after a minor incident – in front of my own home. That couple admitted to police that they were constantly walking by my house with their dog. The man works for the Planning Department. The woman, a social worker, bragged that she was trying to get friends to report Brindi all summer, so she could be killed. She swore loudly at me that night, without even glancing at her dog, “I don’t give a fuck about Brindi, I only care about my dog!”
As far as the house goes, HRM staff and councilors have not only denied reality; they had no right to set an arbitrary completion deadline for construction being done on private property by private owners. Apparently nobody noticed this. They erroneously and illegally gave me 30 days under threat of demolition, misusing the Charter in word and deed, and abusing my rights. Furthermore, demolition orders are not meant to be conditional. They are supposed to be carried out, period. When councilors vote for demolition, demolition is what is supposed to happen. They can no longer even be challenged by an appeal to a council committee thanks to a clever move – there is no more Dangerous & Unsightly Premises Committee. There is only an Appeals Committee. You’d think it is there to hear appeals. But it is not: it issues demolition orders and these orders can only be challenged at the supreme court, at the cost of the property owner, of course.
So I demand that Halifax tear down my house. So what if there is a foundation in place now? That has no meaning when there is a demolition order. Why would any city issue a demolition order and then tell the owner to go ahead and invest $30,000 to complete it?? It’s insane. Or, it’s malicious, unethical, and illegal conduct, deserving of a major investigation.
As you all know, Halifax has locked up my dog for nearly three years. It refuses all reasonable options to keep her alive, including adoption, leaving the country, etc. Why? Because it is determined to kill her. I don’t know why it wanted to at the start, because Brindi never killed a dog, never even injured a dog in two out of four reported incidents! In the other two, the injuries were too minor to require vet treatment beyond first aid. Until I won against HRM in court, I was never charged for the three incidents leading to her seizure – charges would have put me in front of a judge within a few weeks. They lay charges all the time. But HRM did not want that. It was all calculated to thwart my efforts to save her life. A plan to kill Brindi was hatched months before the seizure, between another dog owner and an animal control officer; they cooked up the muzzle order with the explicit intent to seize and kill my poor dog. All this was shown in court. Nobody cared.
HRM still has a woefully bad by-law on animal control. Written by a cop and never read through by councilors, it is dangerous; it can be perverted by staff at will, and is. Three years on, it has still never fixed A300. And HRM still lacks any legal authority to continue holding a dog after the moment of seizure. Look it up. You will not find any law, provincial or local, that provides that power. They held her illegally for two years, and they have nearly held her for another year. The law is very clear on detention of seized property: without a court order, which cannot be given if the property is not evidence, which Brindi is not, they must return the property.
Oh, rest assured, HRM Legal Services is very aware of this problem. That is exactly why they started going after my house and evicted me. Their legal brief that sought to block the injunction I wanted was shocking, claiming that they should be allowed to keep her even if there was no law authorizing it, just because they wanted to kill her.
HRM is hoping that you don’t notice this. Or how much tax revenue they are wasting. But there can be no more doubt that it is in the wrong on Brindi and on my house. And that it is fully aware of how wrong it is. There can be no doubt of the malice and hypocrisy involved here. Just because I am an immigrant and a single woman does not mean Halifax should be allowed to get away with this cruelty and damage to property.
I am heartsick for Brindi, and I am horrified and saddened about what happened to Otis. I cannot imagine the pain his owners feel. I do know, however, how betrayed and outraged they must feel. Betrayed by HRM, and betrayed by the media. Nobody has covered the story in over a week. Those two dogs are still at large, a proven deadly menace, while my Brindi remains caged up every day and night. It doesn’t matter where she is kept, although I cannot say that Wyndenfog is a very nice place: no kennel is good for a dog to be locked up for months and years – and no self-respecting kennel owner would agree to do that! I am not allowed visits, and her health has been suffering.
The death of Otis cannot be hidden under the carpet.
This thinly veiled persecution and outright cruelty to my dog has gone on far too long. IT HAS BEEN THREE YEARS TO THE DAY.
Why have you local media turned a blind eye? Because it is too complicated, or because you don’t want to embarrass HRM? Are you that afraid? Or is this place truly a good ole boy regime, as many have told me?
The public wants to know. I want to know. Sporadic reporting that leaves the public with misconceptions is no longer acceptable; in fact, it can be fairly called propaganda.
DO YOUR JOB.
Francesca Rogier
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