Cross posted from RenounceUScitizenship. Having a license to practise law (bar admission) does not a lawyer make. Admission to the Bar, gives an individual the legal right to conduct oneself as a lawyer. A lawyer operates within a specific construct of ethics and morality. The American Bar Association Model Rules of Professional Conduct make it
Check out the new “Keeping His Word” site from the Obama campaign. During his campaign Senator Obama made certain promises to U.S. citizens abroad. In a recent comment Roger Conklin wrote:
Roger Conklin provides insight that few today have about the United States trade deficit. Today, in a comment, he displays the remarkable depth of his knowledge and the compelling force of his narrative:
A couple of days ago in a reply to the thread about Shulman not accepting a second term as IRS Commissioner, Roger Conklin wrote this: “Petros, Allow me to make one important clarification: I think you will find that the Expat community voted heavily in favor of Obama because during his campaign he comitted to
Petros responds to markpinetree and others regarding the name of the Isaac Brock Society.
I have been reading and thinking about the discussion on the recent CBC story and share the frustrations that many have with media in Canada or America who just don’t seem to get the narrative right (from our POV) when it comes to US Expat citizenship taxation, Voluntary Disclosure programs, or offshore accounts issues (FATCA). It is very
The now famous Jack and Jill want to help others facing tyranny of IRS. Using their wealth, Jack and Jill fund and produce the movie: War of 2012. Because Canadian cast and crew vow to never return to United States, War of 2012 films entirely in Canada, pumping money into Canadian economy. Jack and Jill
Guest post: Roger Conklin sends in a couple of links regarding the United Nations condmenation of Eritrea. Here are a couple of many links on the Internet with respect to this resolution of condemnation. One includes a Video of Susan Rice, US representative on the Security Council, speaking in support of this resolution. The second
On this last Sunday of January 2012, here at Isaac Brock Society, multiple threads seem to have converged on at least faint hopes that the US behemoth might turn to the sanity of residence-based taxation. Or not. Some appear to hope that such a sea change might still solve problems they currently founder in,
Just Me has written a lengthy response to the question, Has the IRS stolen your life? This is an important statement from the most famous minnow in the 2009 Overseas Voluntary Disclosure Program, about whom Amy Feldman wrote in her Reuters article. The IRS fined him $172,000 but the Tax Advocate Service managed to have
