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Media and Blog Articles Open for Comments – Part 3 of 11 (Year 2016)

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Media and Blog Articles

EmBee suggested that it would be good if there was a thread for new articles, so that people would be aware of where to comment. So, I created this permanent page.  You could mention such articles in the comment stream for this page, or if I see one on another thread, I can copy the link to here. I’ll keep adding to the list, but not deleting, so we’ll end up having sort of a  “bibliography” of FATCA/CBT articles.  [Note:  Some articles are not open for comments]

For more articles on FATCA, enter FATCA into Google then click on the link “more news for fatca” just below the most recent featured article.

Note also: JC suggests to see #FATCA on Twitter for latest breaking news. JC finds that is quite a good source and there even are some international articles that one may read using Google Translate.” Others may help certain tweets and articles remain in elevated position by retweeting them.

Be sure to read the comment stream for this thread — there are usually very recent articles mentioned there that aren’t on this list yet.

2016.12.29
Switzerland moves further to end bank secrecy, Financial Times, UK.
2016.12.23
How FATCA Infringes and Trammels our Statehood, Stephen Kangal, Trinidad and Tobago News, Trinidad and Tobago.
Barclay’s chief preparing to take a stand against US regulators over unduly high fines to European banks, James Quinn, The Telegraph, UK.
2016.12.22
Canada refuses to name bank that broke money laundering rules 1225 timtes, Mike De Souze, Robert Cribb & Marco Oved, National Observer.
Financial Intelligence agency gave bankers head up about money laundering disclosure, Mike De Souza, Robert  Cribb & Marco Oved, National Observer.
2016.12.21
US citizens may pay double tax on Kahlon’s child savings program, Michael Zeff, Jerusalem Post, Israel.
Applying to be Swiss in the Trump Era, Steve Krump,  SwissInfo, Switzerland.
2016.12.20
File That Tax, Boom Chicago, YouTube, Netherlands.
Tijuana City Councilman Faces US Money Laundering Charges, Sandra Dibble and Dana Littlefield, San Diego Union, US.
2016.12.19
Senate Report Finds IRS Agents Living Large on Public’s Dime, Guillermo Jiminez, Tax Revolution Institute, US.
AG to UNC: Come to Parliament first – a Joint Select Committee to deal with FATCA . . ., Ria Taitt, Daily Express, Trinidad.
Rand Paul criticizes framework of tax reform plan, Naomi Jagoda, The Hill, US.

Articles from earlier 2016 are at this link

Articles from 2015 are at this link

Articles from 2014 are at this link

Media and Blog Articles  thread, Part 1 of 3, is at this link.

Media and Blog Articles thread, Part 2 of 3 is at this link.

 

2,818 thoughts on “Media and Blog Articles Open for Comments – Part 3 of 11 (Year 2016)”

  3. Here, hear, USCitizenAbroad.

    …I would go further and suggest the correct way to interpret these rules is:

    Those born outside the USA to a U.S. citizen parent who meets the relevant USA residency requirements has the right to U.S. citizenship if U.S. citizenship is desired.

    Next…
    those born outside the USA to two U.S. citizen parents?

  4. @USCitizenAbroad and calgary411, it will create more panic, and support the ignorant claims of people like the Con MP Keddy who stated that:
    “…There seems to be some discussion, though, about who actually is an American citizen, and there is some confusion on the opposition benches on who an American citizen is. I’ve never heard the term “American person” before. You’re either an American citizen or you’re not an American citizen, or you’re a foreign entity working in the United States with a green card….”…
    https://openparliament.ca/committees/finance/41-2/35/gerald-keddy-1/

  7. @USCitizenAbroad,

    Ted Cruz’s citizenship is not disputed, He clearly is a citizen. The argument is if he is a ‘natural born; citizen.

  10. Nice to see at least one Democrat in Congress has heard our voice. Thanks for posting the letter, JC.

  11. @JC,
    Why doesn’t the guy ask his party why they enacted that crap in the first place? Why is he looking to a third party for answers to problems his party created.

  12. @JC,
    I see also that Americans Abroad is reaching out to educate him on same country exception. What a load of crap.

  13. @Neill, just a shout out from across the pond. Thank you for hanging in there with all of us, it is appreciated and your comments/observations over time have helped others and helped me and my family.

    Cheers, George

  14. @Neill

    *same country exception*

    Cause it makes it look like they are doing something when in reality… they are doing nothing… same country bs is what it is… bs… when u first look at it… it looks good… if u think about it… it changes nothing… also… both parties do nothing for immigrants…. they seem to forget… immigrants may become naturalised or they have family who can vote… US treats immigrants… legal or not… as easy targets with no voice…

  15. @George,
    You in the UK? I am just ranting a bit. I hope these guys get hammered for what they put into law.
    The Kaine letter is just trying to shift blame to others.
    Obama can use executive action to try and change a bunch of stuff that meets his agenda but not once has he tried to change any of this tax bulldozer that’s running people over.
    Of course I am ready for my political realization that even if the republicans get in they will just leave this stuff in place.

  16. @US_Foreign_Person,

    Yep. All it does is take away the filling requirements and one of the financial levers they can use to force you do do something. What we need is some sane tax laws were you can invest your money in a retirement account (and this includes all such accounts not just the blessed ones) in the country your currently working in and not have a gotcha tax trap to steel the money if you end up living some place else in the future.

  17. thanks @JC for posting that letter from Kaine to Lew https://www.americansabroad.org/files/4214/5235/8198/tim-kaine-letter-to-treasury.pdf
    http://isaacbrocksociety.ca/media-and-blog-articles-open-for-comments-part-3-of-3/comment-page-4/#comment-7055576

    Would be nice if renunciants who hailed from Virginia, or current Virginia voters from abroad would ask him why they’re forcing us to renounce or consider renouncing in order to get relief since no other avenues are available despite all the work that ACA and others have done. Even the DA Stepford Wives have raised the FATCA issues- this isn’t new.

    Maybe Kaine can point out the difference between Lew, Pritzker and other Obama appointees’ offshore banking http://www.cnbc.com/id/100454907 http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/white-house/article24744763.html http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887324906004578292574109861976 http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/05/us/politics/trade-nominee-has-500000-in-cayman-islands.html http://www.wsj.com/articles /SB1021240866485552520 and our own LOCAL LEGAL ordinary accounts – which are fully transparent to our own LOCAL tax agencies.

    And ask when the US will offer exact reciprocal exchange of info to other FATCA IGA signatories and via the OECD CRS now that the US is in the top 3 of ‘offshore’ tax haven hidey holes:
    http://www.financialsecrecyindex.com/introduction/fsi-2015-results
    http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/nov/02/united-states-overtakes-caymans-singapore-tax-haven-financial-secrecy-index

  18. If you want to respond to Senator Kaine’s contact cited in the letter you can e-mail him at: ron_storhaug@kaine.senate.gov

    It would be great if he could have a “heads up” from many of us. His questions to Lew are a bit naive. (The newly minted oxymoron of the day is: consumer friendly FATCA!!!!)

  19. If anyone is interested, could you please post a comment on the Yucatan Times? I don’t believe that we have ever received a donation from Mexico and I suggested in a comment, published finally after one day, that US-tainted people in Mexico send a donation to http://www.adcs-adsc.ca to fund our lawsuit.

    I asked people to donate to fund our lawsuit rather than support Ms. Ines Zemelman’s local tax compliance business.

    My comment was I think posted by mistake (it is hiding under an ad) and has been assigned a value of “zero comment”. Please mention donations if you post a comment.

    The website is at:

    http://www.theyucatantimes.com/2016/01/have-you-received-the-dreaded-fatca-letter/

  21. @Calgary411 I suggest for consideration that blog from Rachel Heller for an IBS feature.

    As part of renunciation, one must sign a statement that they have not done it under duress ! I suppose US goverment duress is not to be considered!

  22. @Charl Twitter beckons. I think it is simpler than Facebook maybe because I am still am on training wheels at Facebook. In Twitter you may send a tweet direct to anyone on twitter. I think Facebook is a bit more indirect.

  23. @JC Good on you for writing to Kaine. Mine is in the works. He MUST be made to actually understand this. His questions were clueless but at LEAST he wrote to Lew, that’s a starter.

    Re Twitter: Interested in flying over and sitting with me for a bit? No one in my universe tweets. For some strange reason (because I am OLD prolly), Twitter intimidates/confuses me. I’d LOVE to learn though.

  24. Stephen,

    I have just submitted a comment as well. I see that a comment from Em Brock now appears.

    It appears that the * 0 * show for the Facebook comments, with the direct comments there at the very end — very confusing and easily missed.

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