One of the most common justifications among DC tax professors and policy wonks for taxing US homelanders and US Persons abroad in the exact same way is “horizontal equity”: the idea that “similarly-situated” taxpayers should pay similar amounts to the US government. Naturally, these people see the current situation, in which U.S. Persons Abroad get all these “great tax breaks”, as horribly unfair. So here’s a handy table comparing the paperwork which U.S. homelanders and U.S. Persons Abroad must complete in order to conduct similarly-situated kinds of financial activities. All estimates are courtesy of the Paperwork Reduction Act.
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‘Just Me’: A View From Inside the IRS Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program
Just Me provides a case study report of his experience as a 2009 OVDP victim. It includes his letters to the IRS Commissioner, Douglas Shulman and his entire OVDP correspondence file including his TAS appeal. It is offered as an insight and warning on what to expect should you choose this route back to U.S. Citizenship taxation compliance. Updated March 19, 2012
