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Re:Finland Is Considering Testing Giving Every Citizen €800 ... by cpursley on Monday December 07, 2015 @01:50PM (#10691652)
Minor correction: Not 10 years after you leave, but for 10 years after walking into a US embassy and relinquishing citizenship. Only then, you have the privilege to pay tax to a state you no longer are a citizen of for the next 10 years. For all other US citizens working overseas, you owe uncle sam a tax return every year no matter if it's for 5 years or 50. Only two nations in the world tax their citizens who live abroad. The other one is an African dictatorship.
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Re:Finland Is Considering Testing Giving Every Citizen €800 ... by doktrin on Monday December 07, 2015 @02:08PM (#10691819)
> Minor correction: Not 10 years after you leave, but for 10 years after walking into a US embassy and relinquishing citizenship

What specifically are you guys referring to? I can't find any reference to a 10-year tax obligation after renouncing US citizenshp. Is this part of the post 2008 expatriation tax?

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Re:Finland Is Considering Testing Giving Every Citizen €800 ... by doktrin on Monday December 07, 2015 @03:02PM (#10692234)
Thanks for the info. That was a frustrating read.
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Re:Finland Is Considering Testing Giving Every Citizen €800 ... by LunaSea on Monday December 07, 2015 @02:15PM (#10691873)
What would stop you from not paying ?
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Re:Finland Is Considering Testing Giving Every Citizen €800 ... by doktrin on Monday December 07, 2015 @03:04PM (#10692252)
Presumably the long arm of the US judicial system. I doubt they'd send drones after you in a non-extradition country, but short of that there's a lot they could potentially do to make your life very unpleasant.
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