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Re:Americans Renouncing Citizenship at Record High by tajen on Saturday February 11, 2017 @02:00AM (#13621502)
> of the world's biggest tax heaven

As a European, I've always thought the US had extremely high reporting requirements, power of investigation, and anonymity was dead since the NSA was invented. What makes it a tax heaven? Is it the Delware loophole only?

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Re:Americans Renouncing Citizenship at Record High by pzh on Saturday February 11, 2017 @02:15AM (#13621552)
It's not just Delaware. There are a bunch of other states, e.g. Wyoming, Nevada, Florida, etc.

Having said that, it's not a tax haven if you're a US resident for tax purposes (then you're completely screwed). If you're a European with no ties to the US however (no residency, work visas, or US parents that can tie you to nationality by inheritance), then you can incorporate or stash money in the US in complete anonymity. The US won't easily (at least not on a fishing expedition) give out your information to your government. (And I'm guessing your concern would be hiding money and information from your own government rather than the NSA).

Check this out:

http://www.npr.org/2016/04/08/473477551/why-wyomings-laws-ma...

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Re:Americans Renouncing Citizenship at Record High by klunger on Saturday February 11, 2017 @02:08AM (#13621528)
Nope if you open an investment account in the US and make a bunch of money, that will not be reported to your home country (Unless you do it yourself.)
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