The Federal Register has just published the names of 360 former Americans who renounced citizenship in the fourth quarter of 2011. This brings the total number of published renunciants for last year to 1,781, compared to 1,485 for 2010. This includes 499 from January to March, 519 from April to June, 403 from July to September, and 360 from October to December. Internal Revenue Code Section 6039G requires that “[n]otwithstanding any other provision of law, not later than 30 days after the close of each calendar quarter, the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register the name of each individual losing United States citizenship (within the meaning of section 877 (a) or 877A) with respect to whom the Secretary receives information under the preceding sentence during such quarter.” It’s an open question whether this list is actually complete. The RenunciationGuide.com website has expressed concerns about the completeness and quality of the data. International tax lawyer Andrew Mitchel at one point concluded that this list should only contain “covered expatriates”, but later re-examined the issue and concluded that it contains the names of all former Americans who lost citizenship in the period in question.
Update: Andrew Mitchel also just put up some nice charts on his blog with the number of published renunciants by year and by quarter, going back to 2004.
Tim, like I said, any “fall-out” cases of the FACTA, I”m here for you. The only thing better than me in this area are people that actually had their accounts closed. I was denied “opening”.
I know the names of three people who renounced last year and their names aren’t on the list either.
I’ve been saying for awhile that these “Renunciation LIsts” are bogus. They are extremely undereported and follow seemingly no logic. I believe that the majority of people on the list are probably classified as “covered expatriates”. Do an internet search for any of the names that you find and you will notice that lots of them would seem to be people who are probably very well off. Others they probably just add because they felt like it, some are left out for the same reasons probably. Does anyone know if Terry Gilliam (ex Monty Python member) appears in this list somewhere? He renounced in 2008 or something and I imagine that he would have to be included since the publicity was so intense.
@DonPomodoro the name “GILLIAM, TERENCE VANCE” showed up in the Q1 2006 list
“But a constitution of government once changed from freedom, can never be restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.”
– John Adams
I think that there may be a significant time lag as to when you renounce and if and when your name is on the list. It is my understanding that the list is for covered expatriates, this will exclude most of us anyway. Next they need to determine if you are a covered expatriate, we supply them with form 8854, our answers to the questions on that form aid in that determination. For someone who renounces today, that form is not due until around June of 2013. Next they must process the form, any guess on how long that takes? My guess is that most of the numbers on the 2011 list are people who renounced in 2009 or 2010.
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