When it’s all said and done: All roads lead to renunciation

"I complied with human rights-violating U.S. renunciation rules — and this leaves a bitter taste." https://t.co/H5qRkzhxxq — John Richardson – Counsellor for US persons abroad (@ExpatriationLaw) August 24, 2016 Click on the link in the above tweet to see the complete discussion. The bottom line is that Dr. Stephen Kish – Chair of the AllianceContinue reading “When it’s all said and done: All roads lead to renunciation”

Now That It’s Clear the U.S. Will Not ‘Reciprocate’ on FATCA, Will ‘Partner’ Countries Wise Up?

reposted in its entirety with permission of the author   Now That It’s Clear the U.S. Will Not ‘Reciprocate’ on FATCA, Will ‘Partner’ Countries Wise Up?   Jim Jatras   As I have warned for several years now (for example, see with respect to Europe, Canada, and Cayman), “partner” governments signing legally defective “Foreign AccountContinue reading “Now That It’s Clear the U.S. Will Not ‘Reciprocate’ on FATCA, Will ‘Partner’ Countries Wise Up?”

Solving U.S. Citizenship Problems – LONDON UK – Sunday, August 7, 2016

  LONDON UK, Sunday, August 7, 2016 Have you received a FATCA letter or been warned of the consequences of being a U.S. person?   New this year in the U.S. assault on people and countries outside its borders, is the “second wave” of reporting – the “entity” reporting. This is nothing less than everyContinue reading “Solving U.S. Citizenship Problems – LONDON UK – Sunday, August 7, 2016”

IRS to be audited!

  reposted from Virginia La Torre Jeker ‘s site   Americans Abroad-IRS to be Audited!https://t.co/9wjgfjJR0d The IRS will soon be audited. Shoe's on the other foot! pic.twitter.com/1FkV3uLBoP — V. La Torre Jeker JD (@VLJeker) July 17, 2016 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js     Americans Abroad, IRS to be Audited   July 17, 2016 Maybe it’s time for theContinue reading “IRS to be audited!”

Don’t Expect Those who worship at the shrines of Lady Liberty and The Flag to support Fellow Americans who are Expatriates

  Treatment of expatriates by Govt of US often defies explanation burdensome, often frightening, usually threatening pic.twitter.com/YDThpgscV4 — Patricia Moon (@nobledreamer16) July 21, 2016 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js An expat using the monikker Pilgrim7 made one of the best comments I have ever seen in nearly 5 years. Read this. reposted from The Isaac Brock Society The treatmentContinue reading “Don’t Expect Those who worship at the shrines of Lady Liberty and The Flag to support Fellow Americans who are Expatriates”

Don’t let fear push you into overcomplying, overpaying and losing your sanity!

    This is a comment that stands alone as a post in itself. It was made in response to a post on the IsaacBrock Society Petros, who authored the post this comment is a response to, is the pen-name of the founding administrator of the Isaac Brock Society. He has started this series ofContinue reading “Don’t let fear push you into overcomplying, overpaying and losing your sanity!”

Why Boris Johnson must relinquish US citizenship on the occasion of his appointment as British Foreign Minister

cross-posted from the citizenshipsolutions dot ca blog A recent post (July 7, 2016) on this blog began with: Prologue – U.S. citizens are “subjects” to U.S. law wherever they may be in the world … Boris Johnson as PM? US @USSupremeCourt judgment in Blackmer v. US https://t.co/KzMOCqBaL1 means he must obey USA https://t.co/pEWzZRJZFb — CitizenshipContinue reading “Why Boris Johnson must relinquish US citizenship on the occasion of his appointment as British Foreign Minister”

Is the State Department Shutting Down Expatriation Appointments in Canada?

  An interesting conversation is taking place on the FB group American Expatriates. Journalist Serena Solomon from the publication VICE has requested stories from expats describing the emotional effects of renouncing. You might want to go over and take a read as many are quite interesting. It is a public group so I believe oneContinue reading “Is the State Department Shutting Down Expatriation Appointments in Canada?”

The Internal Revenue Code does NOT explicitly define “citizenship” or require “citizenship-based taxation”

reposted from citizenshipsolutions dot ca   UPDATED July 6 afternoon. Some text additions and I have clarified that the author of this post is John Richardson, B.A., LL.B., J.D. (Of the bars of Ontario, New York and Massachusetts), Toronto citizenship lawyer and Co-chair of the Alliance for the Defence of Canadian Sovereignty and the AllianceContinue reading “The Internal Revenue Code does NOT explicitly define “citizenship” or require “citizenship-based taxation””

The Psychic, Financial & Life Costs of Complying with the Internal Revenue Code

reposted from renounceuscitizenship blog The Onerous Compliance Cost of the Internal Revenue Code The tax system is a complicated nightmare that forces taxpayers to devote ever-larger amounts of time, money, energy, and other resources in hopes of complying with the internal revenue code and avoiding IRS persecution. This CF&P Foundation video shows that this corruptContinue reading “The Psychic, Financial & Life Costs of Complying with the Internal Revenue Code”

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