abroadsaver

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   by abroadsaver 5y ago

   > The US has similar arrangements with many countries, and you are not doubly-taxed. You simply pay taxes at the highest rate of the two (US and <other country>). But do you see how punitive that is to US expats? It means that they
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   by abroadsaver 5y ago

   The US has an interest in maintaining embassies and consulates independent of its expat population. And we often pay for whatever services we get there, so you aren’t subsidizing us. Additionally a government should think about practicality
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   by abroadsaver 5y ago

   They haven’t enforced it yet (for the banks, for non-compliant Americans, they have). But they’ve signed treaties with many governments to allow this, and they threaten foreign banks with fines related to any US dealings.
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   by abroadsaver 5y ago

   The US can’t be bothered to help its citizens living abroad with vaccinations even though it has expiring doses. Other countries have done so, AND without the tax compliance demands. So let’s drop this extraterritorial benefits stuff. No be
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   by abroadsaver 5y ago

   We are still culturally American, and we still have family in the US. And if we visit, we pay taxes on everything while we’re there. There are taxes on the flight in, on the fuel we use, on the stuff we buy. And maybe we’d like to move back