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FATCA and Australia – Part 1 of 2

January 2020:  This thread continues at FATCA and Australia – Part 2 of 2.

 

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Posts on The Isaac Brock Society website concerning FATCA and Australia

For articles on other websites, see Media and Blog Articles

For general discussion of FATCA, see  FATCA Discussion Thread

For links to some websites and contact info (government, organisations, tax information), see Australia Information Links

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25: John Richardson and Karen Alpert Session in Brisbane Australia Oct 25, 2018

August 2018

01: U.S., U.K., Canada, Australia and Netherlands form international tax enforcement group

January 2018

08: Investing with One Hand Tied Behind Your Back – an Australian Perspective on United States Tax Rules for Non-Resident Citizens

July 2017

18: Australian Greens Senator @LarissaWaters resigns because of her CANADIAN place of birth-Too bad she was born in Canada

March 2017

13: What Lessons Can Be Learned from the Sad Stories of “IRS Compliant” Australians Shaun and Mary?

November 2016

30: “Solving U.S. Citizenship Problems” – Online January 9, 2017 (Australia)

August 2016

25: Let’s Fix the Australia/US Tax Treaty!

May 2016

15: Australia: Dealing with Superannuation

February 2016

19: #Australia funds America’s #FATCA #Ethnic Identification System

September 2012

27: Last Day to make a FATCA submission to the Australian Govt

07: Australia and FATCA

August 2012

28: Australian Government wants YOU to tell them what to do about FATCA

July 2012

20: Australian Financial Services Council lobbies Washington for FATCA exemption

 

1,187 thoughts on “FATCA and Australia – Part 1 of 2”

  3. @ Karen,
    Found it and unspammed it. It shows up now, the last comment on the page before this one.

  5. @ Karen– wow! Absolutely fantastic letter. Yet the more I see (& read) letters like these, the more I think we’re arguing over obvious over-reaches that aren’t even the point.

    The point: “USA says, WE are making a LAW in OUR economically-ruined country which says, WE are the BOSS of YOU!”– and you better jump & toss ALL of your citizens & laws under the USA extortion bus, let US take YOUR monies, or else– sanctions!

    It’s “LAWfare” as Assange put it.

  6. @ Karen, You’re welcome. I just got a chance to read it now — it’s great! — saw the format had got messed up in the posting, so got that fixed now. Super letter!

  7. Karen. So clear! So well written. Is there a chance to have it published as an op-Ed in a national paper. Or are national papers obsolete in Australia as they seem to be every where else?

  8. @ Karen
    Brilliant letter. I hope after your MP gives it a careful reading you will get a hearing with him/her. As our Duke says, this should be published to bring awareness to your fellow Australians. Can’t imagine they really want to see hard-earned Australian dollars converted to US dollars and sent streaming across the Pacific to bolster the American economy.

  9. @Pacifica, thanks for fixing the formatting. Cut and paste from Word to HTML is a pain, and I never get it right the first time.

    @Jane, yes, the real problem is that when the US says “jump”, the rest of the world says “how high?” But most governments don’t see it that way. If they did, we wouldn’t be in this mess. So, we need to point out the really obvious assaults on sovereignty and human rights to convince our governments that they are being bullied by the US.

    @Duke of Devon – I’ll think about it. There are a couple of appropriate outlets, but I’m not sure I’m ready to sign my real name to a letter to the editor.

  10. Thanks for the positive comments. We sent the letter about a week ago, and have an appointment scheduled with our MP for the end of this month. We have met with him before, and he is generally sympathetic. We aren’t his only constituents with this issue.

  12. @ JC (or any other Tweetie)
    Could you please correct the Democrats Abroad tweet at #fatca (Feb 21) which states that Bernie Sanders supports “Safe Country Safe Harbor” (yes that’s how they wrote it). It’s true he supports the Same Country Exemption proposal but he has also stated he would seriously consider replacing CBT with RBT which is far more significant.
    https://twitter.com/search?q=%23fatca

  13. Re Let them know I did

    Could you please correct the Democrats Abroad tweet at #fatca (Feb 21) which states that Bernie Sanders supports “Safe Country Safe Harbor” (yes that’s how they wrote it). It’s true he supports the Same Country Exemption proposal but he has also stated he would seriously consider replacing CBT with RBT which is far more significant.
    https://twitter.com/search?q=%23fatca

    Art Schankler Treasurer aschankler@aol.com
    Julia Bryan
    info@democratsabroad.org
    townhall@democratsabroad.org

  15. @JC – twitter hint – when you send a tweet to someone but want all of your followers to see it, put a . before the @. Even though I follow you on twitter, I didn’t see any of the above tweets. I only saw the one where you replied to yourself.

    Instead of

    @Nick_Xenophon &gt Does @MathiasCormann understand US Tax Treaty Gaps?@ato_gov_au @dfat
    http://isaacbrocksociety.ca/fatca-and-australia/comment-page-20/#comment-6726208 …

    Which goes only to those who follow BOTH you and @Nick_Xenophon

    .@Nick_Xenophon &gt Does @MathiasCormann understand US Tax Treaty Gaps?@ato_gov_au @dfat
    http://isaacbrocksociety.ca/fatca-and-australia/comment-page-20/#comment-6726208 …

    Will be seen by all of your followers.

  21. @Embee In regards to DA only saying that Sanders supports SCE, while he said at the #GlobalTownHall “shift” to “Residence Based Taxation” [said that twice]. IMO, a ploy by establishment Democrats not to make their candidate Clinton look worse for expats than Sanders.

  22. @ JC
    I agree. Sanders’ position is better/stronger/fairer than Clinton’s on the expat tax problem but DA does not want to let him shine too bright and thereby cast a shadow on their party favourite. Wish DA would focus on people instead of party but their purpose is to elect Dems and not much more.

  23. @Karen, everyone

    Andrew Hastie Liberal MP for Canning WA wife was born in the USA and have a son who would probably be a US citizen.

    http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/canning-byelection-candidate-andrew-hastie-holds-tony-abbotts-political-future-in-his-hands-20150908-gjhris.html

    Hastie, looking like a young US presidential candidate, delivered a superbly rehearsed speech, vehemently defending his record, speaking of his American-born wife Ruth and their newborn baby and adroitly

  25. My Federal rep still asking for meeting

    I apologise for the delay in following up our previous correspondence on this. Last year I forwarded your message below to the Treasurer and requested a formal response addressing your concerns and suggestions.

    I just followed up with his office about getting a response back. They have a bit of a backlog (I’m sure you’ll appreciate the Treasurer gets an enormous amount of correspondence) but they’ve assured me they’ll be pushing your case to the top of the pile.

    I’ll be sure to pass on the Treasurer’s response to you as soon as I’ve received it. In the meantime please feel free to keep me updated on how the campaign’s going. Many thanks for your advocacy on this

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