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U.S. taxation of non-resident citizens places unfair burdens on our countries of residence

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In lieu of original content, here is an excerpt from Angelo Nikolakakis’ “Civil Law and Common Law Perspectives: A View from the Left”, in Guglielmo Maisto, Residence of individuals under tax treaties and European Community law (IBFD, 2010). Beginning at page 81 (footnotes omitted):

Generally, non-residents are either not entitled or not in a practical position to enjoy the same public benefits as residents. Why then should they bear similar — or more onerous — income tax burdens as residents (all the while focusing the question on domestic sources), putting aside source-country opportunism? Continue reading →

Senate passes passport-confiscation "highway bill" (S. 1813)

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S. 1813, the highway (robbery) bill with amendments that let the Treasury Department ban credit cards from non-FATCA banks and give the IRS the power to take away expats’ passports, passed the Senate by a vote of 74-22 with 4 abstentions. The bill will now go to the House, where it will face off against H.R. 7, a competing surface transport bill by Rep. John Mica (R-FL).

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If you have a WordPress account, you must be logged in to comment (for some reason)

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Hi folks. There have been some complaints about having to be logged in to comment. This has apparently become an issue at WordPress. It is not my doing as you can see from this screen shot of the settings for this blog:
By the way, the e-mail doesn’t have to be real.  Some have commented with fake e-mail addresses. Of course, the prevents me or anyone else from being able to contact you for whatever reason.  We do, however, ask that you use a consistent alias.

Cheers,

Peter

Relinquishment and Renunciation Data (as reported on Isaac Brock), Part 1

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The up-to-date database resides in Part 2 (link at the bottom of this page).

Above is a link to data we are compiling on Relinquishments and Renunciations — a work in progress. This corresponds with the Consulate Report Directory (in sticky post below), tracking individual experiences for each Consulate, along with a timeline chart.

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Government responded to NDP written question on FBAR

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I just noticed the government responded to a written question request from NDP MP Hoang Mai on FBAR yesterday. However, I cannot find the actual text of what the government’s response was anywhere on Hansard. Anyone have any advice where I should look. This is the link below to yesterday’s journal.

http://www.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?Language=E&Mode=1&Parl=41&Ses=1&DocId=5448576