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> The US tax regime where expat US citizens still have to pay full tax to the US (except where there's a tax treaty that limits double taxation) is exceptional
by dons 14y ago
> The US tax regime where expat US citizens still have to pay full tax to the US (except where there's a tax treaty that limits double taxation) is exceptionally harsh - almost no other countries do that.
This.
The US keeps taxing you after you leave. And for citizens, it is for life.
- Splines 14y agoThat's pretty hostile. I came here and now have a green card, with the intention of eventually gaining citizenship. Now I'm wondering how much I've harmed my future mobility (should I choose to return to my birth country).
- mhurron 14y agoWhy do you want citizenship? What do you think it gives you over having the Green Card. When I was going through the process to get my Green Card, my lawyer pretty plainly said that unless I really wanted to vote, getting citizenship gives you nothing but ads many liabilities. The only real benefit I could have seen for myself was if I lived outside of the US for more than six months of the year from time to time.
- Splines 14y ago> The only real benefit I could have seen for myself was if I lived outside of the US for more than six months of the year from time to time. Pretty much this. Should I choose to move back home, it'd be nice not to have to go through the whole green card process over again. Maybe I'm hedging my bets too much.
- vl 14y agoCitizenship gives you blue passport which so much nicer for travel than so many passports in other colors. I think only UK is better.
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- ry0ohki 14y agoI don't think it's entirely unreasonable. After all, you'd probably still expect the US Military to come to your aid if the shit hit the fan wherever you are abroad, right?
- vl 14y agoWell, after few years on GC you are going to be subject of the same texation law anyway, so it doesn't matter if you to have citizenship or not.