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CanadianAtHeart post on the Expat Blog:
Please check the latest report from the IRS regarding the reopening of the OVDI. The memo is also on the IRS website. Not sure what it means that they are putting everyone in this program that came forward after the last one closed. New increased penalties, etc. Please read. IRS Offshore Programs Produce $4.4 Billion To Date for Nation?s Taxpayers; Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program Reopens
The laws of each state determine who is a citizen and therefore, who it will protect. The Michigan Law Review 83 (1984) deals with the problem of dual nationality and how Iran-United States Claims Tribunal (1981) arbitrated claims by dual Iranian-Americans citizens, in their attempt to recover lost property. Iran claimed the duals as Iranian and therefore, under the doctrine of state nonresponsibility, as having no right to reparations, i.e., no right to the protection of the United States.
This is cross posted from the Renounceuscitizenship site.
Last week, I came across the 2008 edition of the following book:
The American in Canada by Canada by T. Ritchie of Transition Financial. As you can see it is available from Amazon.com and from the author’s site. Since the summer 0f 2011 I have been learning more and more about the problems of being a U.S. citizen and living outside the United States. This book focuses on the experience of being an American in Canada. As a result not all the information will be applicable to those of you living in the rest of the world. Continue reading
This is cross posted from the RenounceUScitizenship blog.
This post should be read with a previous post: “The taxpayer, the IRS and the “professionals” – where to go from here“. This post will suggest why, given the IRS shift in policy on March 1, 2011 lawyers had difficulty advising clients whether to enter OVDI (2011). With the exception of the most extreme cases (clear tax evasion at one end vs. Ambassador Jacobson’s 70 year old Gramma at the other), lawyers neither trusted nor understood the IRS. They could not. This post will suggest why. At the outset, it is important to recognize that “hindsight is always twenty twenty” and during the desperate summer of 2011, nobody had the benefit of hindsight.
The facts and issues are summarized by the conclusion of Taxpayer Advocates directive to the IRS on August 16, 2011: Continue reading
The 1812 overture: Making the most of a forgotten war (The Economist)
The forthcoming celebration of 200th anniversary of the War of 1812 shows that Canadians view their repulsion of the United States military invasion as their own Declaration of Independence from United States’ tyranny. James Fallows, don’t you approve of our patriotism?
Isaac Brock gave his life to protect Canada. What are we willing to give?
Hat tip: Just Me
Hat tip: johnpg
As I was reading Peter Spiro’s excellent article this morning (many thanks to Just Me for this one) and after I had written my own post on recent Dutch efforts to restrict dual citizenship, I had a new (for me anyway) insight into this debate we are having with the home country.
Just Me sent me the following two notes:
In case any of you would like to join this effort and haven’t come across this …
http://www.signon.org/sign/repeal-fatca?source=c.em.cp&r_by=188650
Repeal FATCA
By Rami Schandall (Contact)
To be delivered to: The United States House of Representatives and President Barack Obama
Petros provides a recap of the progress of isaacbrocksociety.com since its official launch on December 12, 2011. (Warning to readers: What follows resembles a high school pep talk!)
