This is cross-posted from the Alliance for The Defence of Canadian Sovereignty website. Welcome to 2015. On January 5, 2014 incoming Chairman Orrin Hatch of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee said: National Review Online OpEd: It’s Time to Rebuild the Tax Code Seven guiding principles for comprehensive income-tax reform. Everyone agrees that the American
Cross-posted with permission The “Alliance For the Defence of Canadian Sovereignty” is prosecuting the first “Anti-FATCA” lawsuit in the world. Republicans Overseas has indicated that they expect the “Made in America” “Anti-FATCA” lawsuit to be commenced in the first quarter of 2015. We eagerly await that development. Information on the Republicans Overseas lawsuit is at
The huge write in effort to the Ways and Means and Senate created a marked result in Congress. The American Chamber of Commerce is now looking for feedback. So why not oblige? “If you could draft one New Year’s resolution for the 114th Congress, what would it be? #WeTheVoters“ That opens up 2 opportunities: One opportunity
UPDATE: December 23, 2014 Stephen Kish says: The Republicans may or may not introduce legislation to kill citizenship-based taxation during the next two years. Even if introduced, it is uncertain whether such legislation will be successfully passed into law. An alternative approach is litigation. However, a lot of money will be required to sue in
Three Years of Isaac Brock! Who would have thought we’d be where we are now? A Brocker friend and I have been talking about writing down the history of Brock. Said friend believes that someday, Brock will be remembered as a major force in bringing down Citizenship-based-taxation as well as a *model* of grassroots advocacy
Thanks to noone for spotting this significant new article from the South China Morning Post. This may be one of the first examples of non-FFI’s applying full 30% withholding directly to the salaries of overseas Americans – in this case, US pilots working for Cathay Pacific. Until now, most attention has been focussed on the
A well-researched article by Alex Newman today in The New American: New U.S. Tax Regime is “Devastating,” Experts Say Mr. Newman quotes from many familiar sources, including Andrew Quinlan, ACA, Rand Paul and James Jatras. He also interviewed Roger Conklin, who again provides excellent historic context by linking today’s FATCA campaign with the Tax Reform
We Celebrate Human Rights Day, December 10th, 2013 …The UN calls on member-states, governments, and peoples to “intensify efforts to fulfill collective responsibility to promote and protect the rights and dignity of all people everywhere.” …Each year, Human Rights Day is an opportunity for peoples, civic and nongovernment organizations around the globe to call for
Number of Americans who #RenounceCitizenship Surged in 2nd Quarter http://t.co/I84MIgTFbN – Will encourage #americansabroad to renounce! — U.S. Citizen Abroad (@USCitizenAbroad) August 10, 2013 This is a rather disappointing article from an author who has written on this issue before. Why disappointing? The general tone seems to equate Americans Abroad with tax evaders and terrorists
American Citizens Abroad has added this to their site: Maintain Residence Based Taxation Momentum on the New Web Site for Tax Reform Maintain RBT Momentum on the New Website for Tax Reform Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on email Share on print More Sharing Services Congressman Dave Camp, Chairman of the House Ways
