Those laws were written to make sure the government gets their tax money from people who are way wealthier than you. that's why the law is nearly incomprehensib

Those laws were written to make sure the government gets their tax money from people who are way wealthier than you. that's why the law is nearly incomprehensible: it's a compromise between lobbyists of moneyed anti-tax interests and those who are trying to solve legitimate tax dodging problems that arise with expats and international wealth in general.