cross posted from citizenship solutions In an earlier post I explained why the Canada Revenue Agency assisted the IRS in collecting a $133,000 U.S. dollar penalty on a Canadian resident. The bottom line was that he was presumably NOT a Canadian citizen and therefore did NOT have the benefits of the tax treaty. This postContinue reading “Dewees 2: Why did he participate in the 2009 #OVDP Horror Show?”
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August 3, 2017 Canadian FATCA IGA Legislation Federal Court Lawsuit Update: Plaintiffs have complied with Court Order; Examination of Plaintiffs to begin
The Court ordered (May 31, 2017) that Plaintiffs provide: This is an update on our FATCA IGA legislation lawsuit in Canada Federal Court. — Additional personal, detailed documents related to their financial affairs. [Our litigators felt that this request was not relevant to the lawsuit or of tenuous relevance to the issues raised in theContinue reading “August 3, 2017 Canadian FATCA IGA Legislation Federal Court Lawsuit Update: Plaintiffs have complied with Court Order; Examination of Plaintiffs to begin”
The biggest cost of being a “dual Canada/U.S. tax filer” is the “lost opportunity” available to pure Canadians
Cross-posted from citizenshipsolutions by John Richardson The biggest cost of being a “dual Canada/U.S. tax filer” is the “lost opportunity” available to pure Canadians The reality of being a “DUAL” Canada U.S. tax filer is that you are a “DUEL” tax filer “It’s not the taxes they take from you. It’s that theContinue reading “The biggest cost of being a “dual Canada/U.S. tax filer” is the “lost opportunity” available to pure Canadians”
Australian Greens Senator @LarissaWaters resigns because of her CANADIAN place of birth
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If You Want Your Country to Treat You as Her Own, Stop Telling Her You are “American”
The following two comments appeared on a post at Isaac Brock “Refreshing: @SophieintVeld calls EU answer to plight of #AccidentalAmericans “bullshit” Perhaps one of the difficulties countries experience, that of “standing up to the United States” could be mitigated if citizens and residents of those countries stopped calling themselves “Americans.” Certainly if one does NOTContinue reading “If You Want Your Country to Treat You as Her Own, Stop Telling Her You are “American””
Call for Information Regarding Lack of U.S. Reciprocity #FATCA
I’ve received a request from our fellow expats-in-peril Association des Américains Accidentels to search for documents to help them in their litigation. As of this week, we have hired a lawyer to get a legal opinion re: FATCA. One of the angle we are pursuing is non reciprocity. Under the French Constitution (article 55) aContinue reading “Call for Information Regarding Lack of U.S. Reciprocity #FATCA”
#FEARBar (“Foreign Email Account Report”) update – All indications lead to reporting #offshore email accounts
Cross posted from the Renounce U.S. Citizenship blog. FEARBar – “Foreign Email Account Report” – #Offshore email reporting – coming to an informatio… https://t.co/uyufo1vZcf via @USCitizenAbroad — U.S. Citizen Abroad (@USCitizenAbroad) June 22, 2017 The above tweet references a post written four years ago in June of 2013. The post predicted that at some pointContinue reading “#FEARBar (“Foreign Email Account Report”) update – All indications lead to reporting #offshore email accounts”
Morales-Santana: SCOTUS Makes it Harder for People Born Abroad to U.S. Citizens to Become U.S. Citizens
cross-posted from the citizenshipsolutions blog by John Richardson ********** Prologue:U.S. citizenship is not as attractive as it was Making Choice to Halt at Door of Citizenship https://t.co/Z7A1d8Mvrq – Interesting: fewer Green Card holders taking step to become citizens — John Richardson – Counsellor for US persons abroad (@ExpatriationLaw) June 19, 2017 One benefit of U.S.Continue reading “Morales-Santana: SCOTUS Makes it Harder for People Born Abroad to U.S. Citizens to Become U.S. Citizens”
Congress to introduce Foreign Washing Machine Compliance Act (FWMCA) to fight offshore abuse of Tide Detergent
Every now and then, we all need a good laugh. Instead of posting a mind-boggling account of the never-ending misery of being a U.S. expat abroad, here is something completely different. Enjoy! reposted from Isaac Brock Society Posted on March 13, 2012 by Eric ******* Recently, reports have surfaced that drug dealers are abandoningContinue reading “Congress to introduce Foreign Washing Machine Compliance Act (FWMCA) to fight offshore abuse of Tide Detergent”
Hands Down this is the Worst Academic Piece About FATCA ever Written
CONSIDERING "CITIZENSHIP TAXATION":IN DEFENSE OF #FATCA– Hands Down Worst Academic Piece About FATCA ever Written https://t.co/qYvsrzpEyL — Patricia Moon (@nobledreamer16) May 27, 2017 Profesor Paul Caron, on his TaxProfBlog posted the following article: CONSIDERING “CITIZENSHIP TAXATION”: IN DEFENSE OF FATCA 20 Fla. Tax Rev. 335 (2017): by Young Ran (Christine) Kim IfContinue reading “Hands Down this is the Worst Academic Piece About FATCA ever Written”
Citizenship Taxation 