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Andrew Grossman: UPDATE: FATCA: Citizenship-Based Taxation, Foreign Asset Reporting Requirements and American Citizens Abroad

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“UPDATE:  FATCA: Citizenship-Based Taxation, Foreign Asset Reporting Requirements and American Citizens Abroad” is a comprehensive article in the New York University Law Journal on the evolution and current situation of FATCA/CBT/citizenship by international lawyer and retired US Foreign Service Officer Andrew Grossman.  It’s well organised, both very detailed and easily readable for the layperson, with

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Lawsuits involving FATCA and aspects related to U.S. citizenship-based taxation

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—- I believe that the ongoing lawsuits (or just successfully completed — the Eshel litigation below) worldwide involving FATCA or aspects related to U.S. citizenship-based taxation are the following: — Our Alliance for the Defence of Canadian Sovereignty (ADCS-ADSC) Federal Court Canadian lawsuit targeting the Canadian FATCA IGA legislation as violating privacy and equality Charter

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Webinar: Issues in Citizenship-Based Taxation in the US & Beyond, Monday 3 June, with K. Alpert, J. Richardson, L. Stern, L. Tuber

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Karen Alpert (Australia), John Richardson (Canada), Larry Stern (Israel) and Leonard Tuber (Israel) will discuss “territorial vs. citizenship-based taxation, their many advantages and disadvantages, and the myriad of challenges and questions posed by the US’s use of this type of tax system,” Monday 3 June 12:00 BST (11:00 UTC / 07:00 EDT). You can submit

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American Citizens Abroad wants your comments on its new February 7 2017 proposal, especially the “departure tax” provisions, to “replace” (?) U.S. citizenship-based taxation

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This February 7 2017 American Citizens Abroad (ACA) document appears to supersede and replace previous ACA proposals to “replace” U.S. citizenship-based taxation. It also includes a side by side comparison with the Republicans Overseas territorial tax proposal (I am unsure of the accuracy of the comparison). There is NO comparison of ACA plan with relative

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

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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 Alliance

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The term *Citizenship-Based Taxation* seems wrapped in the U.S. flag. Perhaps the term needs redefinition for better discussion with U.S. *Homelanders*

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JC asks that the following be highlighted and discussed in its own post here at Brock. @8888 Makes this interesting point about Citizenship Based Taxation http://disq.us/8o0buo on the Washington Times article. What is a tax? A tax is a government imposed LEVY on the Treasury account holdings of those who receive benefits and or compensation

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