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A is an example of "you can do what you want to *your own citizens when it doesn't affect the sovereign rights of other countries", so it's not applicable (IE i

A is an example of "you can do what you want to *your own citizens when it doesn't affect the sovereign rights of other countries", so it's not applicable (IE if the US started taxing french citizens, you'd have a point) b and c are examples of mutually-agreed treaties/agreements. If france didn't want to do it, it shouldnt' have signed the treaties :) d was a mostly-coalition force AFAIK (not my area of expertise), but let me just suggest that rules of starting/fighting wars is not quite the same as the right to be forgotten, and that this doesn't belong as an example because basically every country can be accused of starting wars to impose it's will unilaterally somewhere else. That's what war is :)

vegabook 11y ago
I rest my case. You're basically saying "we're strong so we'll do what we want, thanks, and you'd do the same". Fair enough, and you are right, that is the way of history. But it is also the way that empires fall. ":)"
Calebopeko 11y ago
You might be unaware of this, but FATCA does not only apply to US citizens, but to "U.S. persons for tax purposes". Me, being a German citizen, have to abide FATCA simply because I have income taxable in the US. The limitations are severe: Since living in the US I am not allowed to hold certain financial products that I owned when living in Germany, since compliance with US law would be to costly for German institutions. In particular, citing wikipedia [1], "It requires non-US (foreign) financial institutions, such as banks, to enter into an agreement with the IRS to search through their customer databases to identify those customers suspected of being U.S. persons and to disclose the account holders' names, TINs, addresses, and the transactions of most types of accounts." [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_Account_Tax_Compliance_Act#Opposition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_Account_Tax_Compliance...
- GauntletWizard 11y ago
  You have income (effectively a form of residency) in two countries. How is it a surprise that you have to abide by both countries laws?

vegabook 11y ago

I rest my case. You're basically saying "we're strong so we'll do what we want, thanks, and you'd do the same". Fair enough, and you are right, that is the way of history. But it is also the way that empires fall. ":)"

Calebopeko 11y ago

You might be unaware of this, but FATCA does not only apply to US citizens, but to "U.S. persons for tax purposes". Me, being a German citizen, have to abide FATCA simply because I have income taxable in the US. The limitations are severe: Since living in the US I am not allowed to hold certain financial products that I owned when living in Germany, since compliance with US law would be to costly for German institutions. In particular, citing wikipedia [1], "It requires non-US (foreign) financial institutions, such as banks, to enter into an agreement with the IRS to search through their customer databases to identify those customers suspected of being U.S. persons and to disclose the account holders' names, TINs, addresses, and the transactions of most types of accounts." [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_Account_Tax_Compliance_Act#Opposition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_Account_Tax_Compliance...

GauntletWizard 11y ago
You have income (effectively a form of residency) in two countries. How is it a surprise that you have to abide by both countries laws?