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Cross-border investor guides

Multi-currency returns, multi-broker cost basis and the tax figures that follow you across borders — worked through, sourced and dated.

FX cost basis calculator →US estate tax exposure →

US estate tax on US shares held by non-residents

A non-US citizen holding US stocks or US-domiciled ETFs is exposed to US estate tax above $60,000 — regardless of where the broker sits. What counts, what it costs, and what Irish UCITS change.

Cost basis in a currency you are not taxed in

Your broker reports the price move. Your tax office taxes the price move and the exchange-rate move together. How the two separate, which rate applies where, and why a loss can still be taxed.