6 responses to “Twenty Ways IRS Can Find Yankees (That May Include Us!)”

1. 

   SwissPinoy

   November 15, 2012

   When I used to be a US citizen, I didn’t care if the IRS or anyone found me. That’s not the problem. The problem is with what is done with the information found. If one is found and not harmed for being innocent, then all is fine. But, if one is found and and wrongly harmed, then there is a problem. Unfortunately, there are many groups and individuals who seek to cause harm to those they find, and it is thus for this reason that one often seeks to hide from being found, hiding for one’s own protection.

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2. 

   Blaze

   November 18, 2012

   If anyone is counting, Center for Freedom and Prosperity is now asking: Can US Treasury Con 50 Countries Into Giving Up Their Sovereignty?
   http://freedomandprosperity.org/2012/blog/can-treasury-con-50-countries-into-relinquishing-their-fiscal-sovereignty/
   Unfortunately, “Treasury’s list of suckers is longer than one might have imagined… it is shocking the degree to which Treasury is willing to make up law to expand its reach.”
   CFP says “also concerning is the degree to which foreign governments seem to be biting at Treasury’s bait, ushering us every closer to a FATCA reality of global information sharing (even with corrupt and venal governments) that excites only spendthrift politicians and the compliance industry, but will unquestionably be bad news for taxpayers and the global economys
   “Also concerning is the degree to which foreign governments seem to be biting at Treasury’s bait, ushering us every closer to a FATCA reality of global information sharing (even with corrupt and venal governments) that excites only spendthrift politicians and the compliance industry, but will unquestionably be bad news for taxpayers and the global economy.”
   Why isn’t anyone listening? Oh wait, because United States of Arrogance never listens. Other countries seem to be eager to be just as bad in the interest of appeasing the bullies.

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3. 

   Blaze

   November 18, 2012

   Just tweeted this to Finance Canada and Canadian Civil Liberties Association:
   Blaze @lynneblaze
   @FinanceCanada @cancivlib: Will Canada be 1 of “suckers” 2 “bite bait” as US Treasury “”expands reach” by #FATCA? http://bit.ly/UB4O90

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4. 

   John Brown

   November 20, 2012

   I great article recently ran in a UK newspaper that I posted earlier at Brock:
   The Independent: “Land of the flee: why, despite Obama’s re-election, Americans are renouncing citizenship in droves”
   http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/land-of-the-flee-why-despite-obamas-reelection-americans-are-renouncing-citizenship-in-droves-8329319.html
   From the article:
   “a growing number of citizens have renounced their home country, which they see as having an increasingly anti-expatriate government that’s only interested in collecting cash and giving virtually nothing in return.”
   The journalist is an expat. She really has it right. Ther comments coming in however are mixed. Many people are still unable to comprehend the hardships faced by expats.

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5. 

   Blaze

   November 21, 2012

   @John Brown: Thanks! That sums it up quite nicely.
   The people who are having the most difficulty “understanding” the FATCA Attack on honest, law-abiding taxpayers living outside US are those in Congress, IRS, Treasury, tax lawyers and accountants.
   Upton Sinclair had a good explanation for that: “It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on him not understanding it.”
   Here are seven reasons from renouncecitizenship why Canada should not sign an IGA. Let’s hope salaries of folks in Ottawa don’t depend on them not understanding FATCA.

   FATCA – “I’d Like To Teach The World To Sing (In Perfect Harmony)” – Seven reasons why Canada should NOT enter into a FATCA IGA

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6. 

   John Brown

   November 25, 2012

   The lady who wrote this oped piece for the Minneapolis Star Tribune surely has no idea about FATCA nor is she aware that the FEIE will be put on the chopping block again.
   FINDING THE AMERICAN DREAM OVERSEAS
   http://www.startribune.com/opinion/180763881.html?refer=y 
   From her article:
   “After applying for 279 jobs over two years, my husband finally got the offer he’d been hoping for: a well-paid position teaching philosophy at a respected university. We should have been thrilled. There was just one little thing. The job was in Hong Kong.”
   “We didn’t know we would be part of a wave of educated young Americans heading overseas in search of better employment opportunities.”
   My oh my, are they gonna be in for a big surprise.

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