The Cozumel Sun News March 14, 2018

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This week in the Cozumel Sun: Cozumel Crime and Arrest Report February 28, Cozumel Ferries Doing Business as Usual, Cozumel U.S. Residents, “How to Minimize Your Risk of Tax Penalties for Unpaid U.S. Income Taxes” and Things to do in Cozumel This Week!

Cozumel Ferries Doing Business as Usual

Por Esto reported that in spite of the smear campaigns that were unleashed against the tourist destination of Riviera Maya and Cozumel, through a recommendation for Americans and Canadians to avoid using the ferry from Playa del Carmen to Cozumel or vice versa, passenger traffic numbers have managed to stay above 10 thousand passengers per day between entry and exit, foreseeing that this percentage will increase during the last week of March.

This was reported by Raúl Marrufo González, head of the Integral Port Administration of Quintana Roo (Apiqroo) in the municipality, who assured that the version that passenger traffic had fallen in the service of the federal route, is far from reality, since the figures for passengers per day have remained above 10 thousand users.

That is why he did one count per day. Only on March 1, 12,507 passengers were mobilized between boarding and disembarking; however, on Friday the 2nd of the same month, there was an increase when 14,112 users traveled between Cozumel-Playa del Carmen and on the route from Playa del Carmen-Cozumel.

On Saturday, March 3, the traffic of 13 thousand 720 users was counted in the San Miguel terminal in Cozumel, while on Sunday four the number was 12 thousand 965 passengers, noting that the numbers were always above the 10 thousand users of the fiscal pier.

The owner of the Apiqroo in the municipality, stressed that the numbers are clear when noting that the movement of passengers has not stopped on the route from Playa del Carmen to Cozumel or vice versa, action considered, has been derived from the actions implemented both the private initiative and the state government to counteract the bad information that circulated since February 22 when the explosion of the Caribbean I vessel was registered, at the Navega terminal in Playa del Carmen.

Marrufo González continued to share the number of passengers that have traveled in the San Miguel maritime terminal, noting that on Thursday and Friday of last week, there were days of lower passenger traffic when 10 thousand 975 and 10 thousand 450 users were mobilized, respectively.

Numbers that were exceeded the recent weekend to mobilize first 13,142 passengers on Saturday, while on Sunday were 11 thousand 526 users who entered and left by the federal sea, he said. It is expected that during the last week of March, the tourist traffic will be more noticeable due to the start of the Easter holidays, which will intensify security and surveillance actions in order to guarantee the tranquility of the visitors, because Now, the elements of the Federal Police and canine binomials continue carrying out the review in the maritime terminal and inside the vessels before leaving the island, he concluded.

Cozumel Crime and Arrest Report February 28 – March 5

Cozumel Crime Report February 28  – March 5, 2018

Robo (Robbery/Theft) 00,  Allanamiento (Weapons) 01 ,

Injuries 00, Daños (Damages) 00. Turned over to Public Ministry Common Jurisdiction 021

Turned Over  to Public Ministry Federal Jurisdiction 00

Ebriedad (Drunkenness) 12 , Alteracion (Altercation) 35 ,

Toxicómano (Graffiti) 7, Rinas (Quarrels) 01,

Faltas a la Moral (lack of Morals) 02, Otra Faltas (Other Offences) 08. Total Arrests 65.

Total Calls to Public Safety 777 –  475 emergency 302 non-emergency.

Cozumel Reported Robberies this period 12

Accidents 11, Failure to take precautions 08,

Alcoholism 03, Speeding 00,  Infringements Made 84,

Turned over to Public Ministry Common Jurisdiction 06.

How to Minimize Your Risk of Tax Penalties for Unpaid U.S. Income Taxes

By BDO United States

Of the more than nine million Americans currently living abroad, many are often unaware that–as U.S. citizens or green card holders–they are still bound by U.S. tax laws and are required to file U.S. income tax returns each year.  As an expat, if you neglect to file, but were not willfully negligent–meaning you had an inadvertent misunderstanding of the law–you may be able to use an amnesty program known as streamlined offshore filing to disclose unreported foreign assets and income and file related delinquent information returns, while avoiding potential penalties from the IRS.

The majority of filers who pay tax in their resident foreign country may not owe any U.S. tax, and by utilizing streamlined offshore filing, Americans abroad can ensure they are not subjecting themselves–or their descendants and other beneficiaries of their estates–to potential penalties for their previous failure to comply with U.S. tax obligations, and will also pay no penalty if no taxes are owed.

According to taxanalyst.com, in 2015, the only taxpayers who saw an increase in their chances of being audited were those living overseas.  We estimate that the IRS audits roughly 4.3% of tax returns filed by Americans living outside the U.S, compared to 0.8% of those returns filed by Americans living stateside. According to an IRS study completed in 2014, about 450,000 Americans filed an income tax return claiming the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion.  The same report also showed that roughly 1.2 million Americans filed returns claiming a credit for foreign tax, which leaves more than seven million Americans living outside the U.S who did not, and could potentially face penalties from the IRS if audited.

U.S. income tax is complicated enough for those of us living in the U.S. Living abroad adds an even greater level of complexity. Here are five myths and misunderstandings about U.S. tax obligations for American expats:

Myth #5: I don’t have to report contributions to my pension/retirement savings in a foreign country because it is not paid directly to me.

The benefit of pension plans, like U.S. IRA’s for example, is that you get tax-deferred savings, and in the case of a Roth IRA, tax avoidance when you take a distribution.  In many countries outside the U.S. pension plans are allowed tax deferral and tax avoidance strategies under local laws.  However, under U.S. laws, foreign pension plans are generally not compliant with U.S. income tax rules and therefore, leveraging a foreign pension for tax deferral or tax avoidance is not allowed.  In some cases, there may be a favorable income tax treaty where the tax deferral or avoidance is allowed, but this is on a country-by-country basis.

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