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> You have a duty not to comply. If you're making income in America, you owe US tax taxes. If you are a permanent resident of the United States, you owe US ta
by alephnan 5y ago
> You have a duty not to comply.
If you're making income in America, you owe US tax taxes.
If you are a permanent resident of the United States, you owe US taxes.
Whether the IRS is using mafia tactics or not, what you are describing is tax evasion. There are legal ways to minimize your tax burden, but this is horrible advise.
- vgatherps 5y agoThis comment isn't about somebody living in America. This is about somebody who doesn't live in america, has never lived there, doesn't have a passport, but are considered "american" by the IRS - somebody born in the USA to non-citizen parents while traveling for example.
- Chris2048 5y agoAnd if you are not a permanent resident of the United States, making no income in America?
- hnthrwy1111 5y agoIn my case as an accidental American I was not born in the US, I have never lived in the US, I have never worked in the US, I receive no benefits from the US, I was ineligible for the covid stimulus, I am unable to vote in US elections. It's comical to categorize my refusal to participate in this scam as tax evasion. I don't live in the US, I live in a supposedly sovereign nation. Just as Americans pointed out the absurdity of China's new laws that target foreign HK dissidents extraterritorial overreach should always be seen as the joke that it is.
- boulos 5y agoCan you clarify how you are an accidental American? E.g., were you born on a US base in another country?
- pitaj 5y agoWikipedia says [1]: > U.S. law also states that a child born outside of the U.S to a U.S. citizen parent who previously spent sufficient time in the U.S. is a U.S. citizen at birth, regardless of whether the child also has the citizenship of the country of birth or another citizenship. U.S. citizens married to fellow U.S. citizens can transmit U.S. citizenship to their children if either parent has ever had a residence in the United States (without any minimum time limitation on how long they held that residence.) However, for U.S. citizens married to non-U.S. citizens, the required period of residence is longer; under the Nationality Act of 1940 and the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, the required period of residence was set to ten years, five of which had to be after the age of 14. The Immigration and Nationality Act Amendments of 1986 reduced this to five years, two of which had to be after the age of 14. So you're automatically a citizen if you're born in the USA, if both of your parents are citizens (and at least one has resided in the USA), or if either of your parents is a citizen and lived in the USA for 5 years (2 of which after the age of 14). [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accidental_American https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accidental_American
- seanc 5y agoI'm a US expat living in Canada, and a parent of Canadian children. They are eligible for US citizenship, but don't become US citizens unless I go through a procedure to register them as such.
- junar 5y agoThat's not true; they are in fact citizens under US law. They may not have an SSN or a passport, but neither is a condition for citizenship. Also, at least from a tax perspective, if you plan on remaining a US citizen, you might benefit from getting SSNs for your kids so you can claim the child tax credit and stimulus payments for 2021. And if they don't want to be citizens, renouncing citizenship in the 6 months immediately after they turn 18 can avoid tax complications. https://hodgen.com/expatriation-between-age-18-and-18-12/ https://hodgen.com/expatriation-between-age-18-and-18-12/