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Re:Kim Dotcom's Extradition to the U.S. Given Green Light by... by pgraf on Thursday August 15, 2024 @02:40PM (#41259107)
> The US government is so powerful, they are the only country that enforces a draconian global taxation scheme on any citizen or person who has ever held a US green card […]

While it may be true that they are the only ones able to do it effectively, there are some other countries with citizenship-based taxation. According to Wikipedia[0] these currently are: Hungary, Eritrea, Myanmar and Tajikistan

Some other countries have similar policies for tax heavens.

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_taxation#Citizen...

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Re:Kim Dotcom's Extradition to the U.S. Given Green Light by... by pembrook on Thursday August 15, 2024 @05:43PM (#41260690)
There's not a bank on earth (that isn't headquarted in said countries) that is voluntarily sharing information with Eritrea, Myanmar, etc.

I'm going to venture a wild guess: it may not be that difficult to hide assets from the short arms of the Tajikistani tax office.

So I don't think it's crazy to assume Americans are the only ones suffering under this policy in practice.

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