This February 7 2017 American Citizens Abroad (ACA) document appears to supersede and replace previous ACA proposals to “replace” U.S. citizenship-based taxation.
It also includes a side by side comparison with the Republicans Overseas territorial tax proposal (I am unsure of the accuracy of the comparison). There is NO comparison of ACA plan with relative merits of renunciation or “doing nothing”.
ACA ASKS FOR YOUR COMMENTS, primarily on the mechanics of the departure tax provision.
You can send your comments
— to info@americansabroad.org
— and post on the ACA FB site (https://www.facebook.com/americancitizensabroad)
— and can copy your comment on this Brock website.
Here is the ACA departure tax component of the proposal:
“Departure Tax Provision
— General Rule. Individuals who obtain a Departure Certificate and meet the threshold test of current section 877 (Expatriation to Avoid Tax), would be subject to tax on income as if property was sold on the day before the date of the Departure Certificate. The concern is that if there is not some form of Departure Tax, individuals could accumulate wealth while being a US citizen living in the US, and then avoid any US tax by simply moving abroad. Not only might this be the wrong result from a tax policy standpoint, it would greatly increase the revenue costs of instituting RBT. [Comments on this subject would be appreciated.]
Threshold tests for application of the Departure Tax would be the same as those in section 877, except the $2 million or more figure in section 877(a)(2)(B) would be increased to $5 million and US real estate subject to FIRPTA rules would be excluded. Rules similar to those in sections 877 and 877A would apply to [e.g., CANADIAN, AUSTRALIAN, UK, FRANCE-sourced!] pensions and other forms of deferred compensation. [Comments on this subject would be appreciated.]