TurboTax’s 20-Year Fight to Stop Americans from Filing Taxes for Free (2019)

Re:TurboTax’s 20-Year Fight to Stop Americans from Filing Ta... by jraby3 on Monday February 08, 2021 @02:10AM (#26061624)

Very thoughtful comment.

I’m an American living abroad and got US citizenship for my children. I constantly wonder if I made a mistake.

I do get some tax savings, and most of my income and assets are in the US so I save for them there. But I know the burden of having to file taxes and possibly pay them when they’re old enough is a heavy one.

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Re:TurboTax’s 20-Year Fight to Stop Americans from Filing Ta... by crowf on Monday February 08, 2021 @02:23AM (#26061696)

I'm sorry if my comment sounded very harsh to you. On the "bright" side, if my country ever gets destroyed, I have an insurance citizenship that "only" costs a few hundred dollars per year (and the nearly impossible restrictions when doing "weird" things like becoming a private contractor)

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Re:TurboTax’s 20-Year Fight to Stop Americans from Filing Ta... by jraby3 on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @03:52PM (#26082235)

It wasn’t harsh. I meant it when I wrote that it was very thoughtful. I really appreciated your comment.

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Re:TurboTax’s 20-Year Fight to Stop Americans from Filing Ta... by csomar on Monday February 08, 2021 @07:12AM (#26063451)

No. A few hundreds US dollars for US citizenship is beyond worth it. If anything, this coronavirus pandemic has showed us that citizenship does matter and it's actually worth a lot.

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