What if the US wants you returned to the Homeland? The conventional wisdom is that there is not much the US can do if you are not within their borders. This is a complicated question. There are at least two issues:
Assuming a violation of U.S. law, under what circumstances will an extradition treaty provide for extradition to the U.S.?
Lawyer: Becoming more likely that US gov can extradite people back to the US for tax crimes http://t.co/XhDawpKTAL – #FATCA enforcement
— U.S. Citizen Abroad (@USCitizenAbroad) June 4, 2013
As one U.S. tax lawyer writes: