Anti-government extremists opposed to taxes and regulations pose a growing threat to local law enforcement officers in the United States, the FBI warned on Monday.
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Author Archives: Petros
Life, liberty and property: Why is a person's principle dwelling part of the OVDP?
To my knowledge there is no Foreign House Report (FHR). Did the IRS just make this up?
Dear Mr. Flaherty: A 2011 voluntary disclosure story from a late loyalist
A reader submitted this letter to me (UPDATE: Late Loyalist has now renounced his United States citizenship):
Dear Mr. Flaherty
I’m one of those Canadians with dual US Citizenship. My family moved from Minnesota to Manitoba in 1975. I was 13 years old at that time. My Dad had been an unemployed teacher for the previous 4 years. As a last resort he decided to apply for a teaching job in Manitoba. After all Manitoba is lot like Minnesota right–well the snow and -40 maybe. Wouldn’t you know, he got the job right away. We drove to Winnipeg in a snowstorm and he had the job 20 minutes after we got there. He taught for another 15 years and retired in Dauphin. My parents left everything and the result was a better life. In 1980 all our family member became Canadians, no question.
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Letter from the IRS
For those of you thinking about filing US income taxes for the first time, I suggest you read the following letter that I received from the IRS in the mail today. I sent my zero return for 2009 last week with a letter explaining why it was late (evidently it did not arrive on time to prevent this mail out). I am on the IRS radar, because I was compliant for about the previous ten years. Moreover, they are apparently aware of certain securities I traded in the US. But I didn’t owe anything on my income tax return. So this is the trouble that they will go to harass Canadian residents who are late filing.
Sweeter than Honey II: The purpose of man according to the law
See the first installment of this series: Sweeter than Honey I: Introduction
Petros continues the series of posts comparing the law code of ancient Israel, the United States Constitution, and the Internal Revenue Code. This post considers what the law implies about the purpose of man.
The 30-yr IRS Vet on the 2012 Overseas Voluntary Disclosure program
30-yr IRS Vet offers his advice about the 2012 27.5% Overseas Voluntary Disclosure program.
Sweeter than honey I: Introduction
Petros offers a new series of posts in which he critiques the Internal Revenue Code. He compares it to two other law codes, (1) the Torah and the Ten Commandments; (2) the United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights. This is the first instalment to introduce the series. (Cross-posted from the Righteous Investor)
The rationale behind FATCA: 30-year IRS vet
30-year IRS vet writes, as a veteran litigator for the IRS who is now in private practice, about the IRS and about the rationale behind FATCA.
Tagline changed: removal of "in Canada and"
Some discussion in a recent thread has caused me to change the tagline of the Isaac Brock Society by removing the words “in Canada and”. I think this gave the wrong impression that, because US persons in Canada started this blog, we see it as a Canada-only fight. But from the beginning we have encouraged our international contingent of writers and participants.
Comment from a 30-year IRS vet
We received the following comment from 30 Year IRS Vet:
This web site is a wonderful opportunity for people to vent about the new IRS initiative to focus on offshore compliance. I would guess that most people fall into one of two categories: those who are “off the grid” and do not file nor do they have any intention of becoming compliant with their US federal tax obligations and those who are sincerely attempting to figure this all out and determine what to do and then make a good faith effort to comply.