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It's not easy to renounce American citizenship. The US considers itself entitled to taxes from citizens who live in other countries. Even if they haven't been t
by mantap 6y ago
It's not easy to renounce American citizenship. The US considers itself entitled to taxes from citizens who live in other countries. Even if they haven't been to the US since they were a baby. If you want to renounce citizenship you have to pay up.
- bloodorange 6y agoIn most countries, you do have to pay for government services. Renouncing citizenship is not a trivial thing and of course most countries would have some fee associated with it. One could claim "I have never been there since I was an infant" but it falls on the people rendering the service to verify the facts. I can see why people are upset (and I don't like the warmongering nation) but many of these complaints are not really well considered in my view.
- Diggsey 6y agoMost countries don't tax their citizens abroad though, so there's no real necessity to give up citizenship. The US charges far more to give up citizenship than most other countries, and requires you to pay any outstanding tax before you can do so. For some people that is just not possible. What exactly are they supposed to do now that they can't access any financial services?
- thrower123 6y agoI am looking on with interest as it appears increasingly plausible that US states will try some form of this justification in order to tax in perpetuity former residents who flee to lower-tax states