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> "And the US double taxes their citizens living abroad the same way." > Except they don't. You have an exemption for foreign income. Because all the other 2
by slyall 11y ago
> "And the US double taxes their citizens living abroad the same way."
> Except they don't. You have an exemption for foreign income.
Because all the other 20 year olds working part-time at Starbucks employee the best accountant in town for a few hours per year to do their taxes.
> "It is even possible you have never set foot in the US yet are required to pay uncle sam's taxes."
> I don't believe this for a second. You would be a US Citizen, therefore you would have stepped foot in US territory.
Ever hear of a guy called Ted Cruz?
- st3v3r 11y ago"Because all the other 20 year olds working part-time at Starbucks employee the best accountant in town for a few hours per year to do their taxes." Your inability to do your taxes is no one's problem but your own. "Ever hear of a guy called Ted Cruz?" You mean the guy who's going all over the country right now?
- slyall 11y agoThe point I mean with the kid working at Starbucks is that most wage earners will have a very simple tax requirements. In many countries they won't even need to send in a tax return since it'll be done automatically. If they are a US citizen on the other hand they will now need to employee a specialist tax accoutant to handle tax requirements from the US and put in their paperwork. All to determine they owe the US nothing. Ted Cruz was born in Canada. HE was a US citizen at the moment of his birth without having set foot in the US. If his family hadn't moved back to the US then he could have grown up in Canada as a US citizen and he would have had to file US taxes once he started making money. All without ever having set foot in the US.