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> "the concept of taxation of Americans abroad dates back to the Civil War period" I'm not surprised, but could you provide some references on this...I am curi

• withinboredom 5y ago
  Just guessing, but I assume the Union wanted to continue to tax the Confederates who no longer lived in the Union because even though the succeeded from the Union, they were still Union citizens by birth.
  • sterlind 5y ago
    seems unlikely. the Union didn't recognize the legitimacy of Confederate secession (hence, you know, the war.) the Emancipation Proclamation only applied to rebel states, as an example. they may have had trouble collecting taxes, what with the bullets and all, but amending the tax code doesn't help that.
    • withinboredom 5y ago
      Someone actually expanded on it down the page as a way to punish deserters.
      • voisin 5y ago
        …which is exactly what the US criticizes Eritrea for doing with its citizenship based taxation! The only other country in the world to do this.