Re:Expatriate Americans Break Up With Uncle Sam to Escape Ta...
by philiphodgen on Tuesday June 17, 2014 @11:14PM
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No one has had any problems returning to the USA.
The USA is the only country that taxes its citizens who live outside the country. I think that's what you're asking. British citizens living abroad don't pay UK income tax.
The IRS hasn't taken any interest in my clients -- the tax returns are clean and that's all they should care about. But the Lois Lerner affair shows that they are corrupt, unfortunately.
The people I know who give up citizenship almost all do it with extreme regret. I assume this feeling persists even after the fact.
The USA is the only country that taxes its citizens who live outside the country. I think that's what you're asking. British citizens living abroad don't pay UK income tax.
The IRS hasn't taken any interest in my clients -- the tax returns are clean and that's all they should care about. But the Lois Lerner affair shows that they are corrupt, unfortunately.
The people I know who give up citizenship almost all do it with extreme regret. I assume this feeling persists even after the fact.