Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God.
Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson
Yearly Archives: 2012
Not OVDI, says Michael J. Miller, with regard to an offshore account scenario
Tax lawyer Michael J. Miller offers a scenario in a comment: A recent immigrant to the United States, Tom, had an offshore account with $1,000,000–the best manner to going forward is not OVDI!
Where's Steven?
We haven’t heard from Steven for a couple of days. I hope Jack and Jill haven’t turned Steven into Humpty Dumty.
Maybe Canadian border officials detained Steven at the Peace Bridge as he tried to sneak into Canada disguised as the Big Bad Wolf on his way to help Little Red Riding Hood’s Grandma (the one Ambassador Jacobsen insisted the IRS wasn’t after!).
Taiwan bankers urge government to surrender sovereignty to IRS on FATCA
If you’re an American expat in Taiwan, or an immigrant from Taiwan living in the U.S., or even a former immigrant who went back to Taiwan after you got your green card or U.S. passport, look out: your bank in Taiwan wants to sell you and your kids down the river in order to cut their costs of complying with FATCA. Here’s two recent items of coverage from Taiwan newspapers that I’ve translated into English. Continue reading
Official Interpretations of U.S. Expatriation
Cross posted from Perspectives at USxCanada InfoShop.
The following comment comes from a Canadian-qualified lawyer who is currently engaged in relinquishment of US citizenship through an Asian consulate:
Supreme court Decisions on Loss of Nationality: Appendix B of State Department Foreign Affairs Manual
Reader TomOn asked me to post this:
U.S. Department of State Foreign Affairs Manual Volume 7―Consular Affairs (pdf)
2012 Declaration of Independence
As those of you who have seen The War of 2012 know, The Movie ends with signing of a New Declaration of Independence in front of the American Embassy in Ottawa on July 4, 2012.
Occupy the SEC: Former Wall Street Workers Defend Volcker Rule Against Banks' Anti-Regulatory Push
Occupy the SEC: Former Wall Street Workers Defend Volcker Rule Against Banks' Anti-Regulatory Push.
Folks on the blog have talked about the Volcker rule before, but I am at a loss as to how this would affect regular working folks like myself. As you can see from the segment, Occupy protesters feel that a strong Volcker rule would inhibit or prevent financial institutions from engaging in the kind of risky trading behaviours that were instrumental in creating the current financial crisis. But how would this regulation affect foreign financial institutions? Can someone explain this in plain English?
Letter from Consulate General July 25, 1980
The following letter was sent to me from Ladybug to be uploaded to Isaac Brock Society.
