UPDATE WEDNESDAY JANUARY 20,2016
A listener responds to CBC’s call for people to tell their stories; Veronique Shinder:
http://www.cbc.ca/player/AudioMobile/All%2Bin%2Ba%2BDay/ID/2682331846/”
Original broadcast:John Richardson on Tuesday, January 19, 2016
http://mp3.cbc.ca/radio/CBC_Radio_VMS/80/883/ottallinaday_20160119_20484_uploaded.mp3
http://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2682218188
Please tune into to hear Alan Neal, host of “All in a Day” interview (CBC radio) with John Richardson this afternoon at:
5:45 PM Atlantic
4:45 PM Eastern
3:45 PM Central
2:45 PM Mountain
1:45 PM Pacific
9:45 PM GMT London
10:45 PM CET – Europe
5:45 AM AWST Perth West Australia
8:15 AM ACDT Adelaide South Australia
8:45 AM AEDT Melbourne & Sydney New South Wales
7:45 AM AEST Brisbane Queensland
NB: Hope the Australia times are converted properly….
I am listening right now – HERE.
or go here:
http://www.cbc.ca/allinaday
under the first menu bar – upper Right Hand Corner- Box: LIVE Click on “Listen Live”
PLEASE: Anyone who is knows how/is able to record this, please do so since there will be limited time to listen to the replay version. Thanks!
I just listened to the interview at:
http://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2682218188
CBC Sask. doesn’t carry the program.
Great interview.I hope it’s rebroadcast throughout Canada so people who don’t know about FATCA, and therefore won’t search for the interview, might still hear it even if their home CBC Radio station doesn’t broadcast All In A Day.
Look at what putting “FATCA” into the CBC radio one search bar brought up:
http://www.cbc.ca/player/search?query=FATCA
@Tom
Thanks, I can listen to it but I don’t see anywhere to download it…….I don’t have any mp3 stuff…..is that the reason?
@Patricia Moon:
You right-click (Control-click on a Mac) on the link, then select “Download selected file as…” or “save file as…” or something similar on your system.
Because Tricia posted this notice to listen to John’s radio interview both here and at the Sandbox, when I search “All in a Day + FATCA” on StartPage, Brock and Sandbox links appear on page 1. Same thing with Google. John could well have perked up some ears with that broadcast and if curiosity leads them to doing a search they will find our sites. So I say WELCOME to any new readers we might have today and THANK YOU to Alan Neal at All in a Day (and Tricia) for leading you here.
http://www.cbc.ca/player/AudioMobile/All%2Bin%2Ba%2BDay/ID/2682331846/
Follow up to yesterday’s interview with John:
Wednesday January 20, 2016
‘How FATCA lead to one woman spending thousands, to prove she owes nothing’
“….The group we heard from yesterday wants the new federal government to re-visit those rules.
Today, we were joined by a dual citizen who’s affected. Veronique Shinder told us her predicament. …”…
CBC still asking for effected listeners to contact them to discuss this further. Also mentioned that they have contacted the Canadian federal government for comment – and are hoping to speak with them later this week.
Comments also open.
http://www.cbc.ca/allinaday/2016/01/20/how-fatca-lead-to-one-woman-spending-thousands-to-prove-she-owes-nothing/
Excellent interview by Mr. Richardson – thank you.
And thanks to Bubblebustin’s link I listened to Mr. Gruber’s older interview, which was also excellent.
@ badger
I’ve got a comment in moderation re: the Veronique interview. It’s probably a tad snarky but I’m incorrigible.
@Embee:
I have always had a soft spot for ‘incorrigible’ ! 🙂
Veronique, Veronique, Veronique. We’d all be “happy” to file US taxes if it was simple and never cost us anything. Don’t worry, you can click your heels and land in California one day.
Good news I that CBC’s expecting a response from the Feds this week!
That was a great link to the past CBC interviews. Especially enjoyed hearing again from Brockers like Ruth, Carol and WK to name a few. Also listened to our lawyer, Mr. Gruber again, who so succinctly covered the issues a while back.
I hope our PM restores the terrible cutbacks to CBC his predecessor inflicted.
Can’t wait to see your comment Auntie Em. I know it will be a zinger. As an aside does Ruth still post here? I thank her for the many interviews she did.
And all thanks to John Richardson again for all his work in continuing to keep our cause in the media forefront. What if it were possible to calculate in billable hours all the efforts of the volunteer committee of Lynne Swanson, Dr. Kish, Carol, John and Tricia? And of all of you who have helped?
I have so much to be grateful for. Mind you, Native Canadian, I am still waiting for my roll of TP!
@ Bubblebustin
Ms. V has already booked her permanent room in the Hotel California. She’s there long before her retirement.
@CG
No doubt. She sounds very young though. Perhaps her daddy’s helping her out with the compliance costs. I wonder how her new husband feels about it.
She doesn’t seem aware that her biggest capital asset, her home, might be subject to US tax, let alone TFSA’s, etc. Do we have a term for those who’ve had a partial OMG moment?
Oh My Gosh?
“Can’t wait to see your comment Auntie Em. I know it will be a zinger.”
@ Canadian Ginny
You should lower your expectations. All I did was take a snipe at the TCI (Tax Compliance Industry) — one of my favourite targets. If it doesn’t get out of moderation but don’t see any reason why it would be held back, here is my comment …
Good one! LOL.
@ Bubblebustin
Or maybe demi-OMG?
Actually, I think Veronique qualifies for the “Oh My Golly-Gosh” moment, Calgary411!
That too, EmBee!
I’ve written to the show for an interview as well. Canada needs to hear from born in Canada people who are victims as well. Paying capital gains on my home that I owned for 20 years before I married my wife, paid with MY Canadian taxed income. Canada needs to hear our stories….
I hope that Mr. Neal receives lots more comments from brave folks who are NOT as willing as Ms. Shinder to enter the IRS’s House of Horrors. Why should Veronique, or anyone else who is a born-in-Canada Canadian and never lived or worked outside of Canada, be required to pay taxes to the United States government? Her wish to live in the United States when she gets old should not necessitate the reduction of the amount she is able to save for that day by paying out thousands annually decades in advance! Common sense would conclude that she should start paying taxes to the US THEN, when she’s actually become a US resident! This is how the rest of the world works! It is only the acquiescence to this US absurdity that allows it to continue.
@MuzzledNoMore
It’s important not to make distinctions between those born in Canada when trying to shape the opinion of the Canadian public. Taxing anyone based on citizenship is bad, it’s just more egregious to tax those who weren’t born there and have never exercised any of her rights as an American. What bothers me the most about Veronoque’s attitude is that she “doesn’t mind” paying US taxes in order to live there one day. Is she a homelander abroad, or just a realist?
The downloadable link to the follow-up interview is
http://mp3.cbc.ca/radio/CBC_Radio_VMS/748/351/ottallinaday_20160120_95928_uploaded.mp3
You can right-click (Control-click) that link and select “Save file as…” or something similar to save it onto your computer. Alternatively, you might be able to visit that link, which may open a new tab in your browser. Then click File and Save Page as… to download the MP3 file onto your computer.
Point taken, Bubblebustin. I agree with all you said, particularly since I’m a born-in-the-U.S. victim of this mess myself. My comment was perhaps too “context focused”. To clarify: *all of us* with some relationship to the US, close or distant, who do not live in the United States should “mind” terribly about being subjected to US tax. It is NOT OK for any country to impose taxes on people who do not live within its borders simply because they maintain, actively or passively, the relationship of “citizen”.
Veronique may not mind paying US taxes and may wish that the IRS made it easier to do so but I “mind” very much.
The various opinions we encounter are based entirely on how members of the public choose to frame the issue. As we know, there’s a lot of ignorance out there. Some will say that if you act American, then you are American and with that are all the rights and responsibilities of that status – no matter where you live. Well, if that’s right then I should demand my 2nd Amendment rights here in Canada. Some might even think that Canada should do the same as the US. Hey, what could be bad about broadening the Canadian tax base?
My relationship with the US is between me and the US. The Canadian government doesn’t need to stick it’s nose in, unless it’s to uphold my rights as a Canadian. The US didn’t need FATCA to accomplish this, and I resent like hell that unlike the average Canadian, ALL of my reportable account’s information is being sent to the CRA. This was completely unnecessary. The CRA will not collect taxes against a Canadian if the person was a Canadian at the time the tax was incurred. By setting us up with the IGA, the Canadian government is not only encouraging US tax evasion, but assuring that many people won’t be able to enter Streamlined as the first many will hear about being US taxpayers will be from the IRS itself.