The Reality of U.S. Citizenship Abroad
Nobody denied that the unintended targets of Congressional legislation aimed at those who supposedly “owe allegiance” to the USA, now assisted by craven foreign governments anxious lest their financial services entities lose access to the US market, are mostly unlikely to do anything at all. But the whole idea of universal self-assessment of taxation is to keep the taxpayer in an anxious condition, to make him overpay if possible, but at least not to underpay. Those now faced with an unprecedented, even retroactive, enforcement campaign and who must, if they wish to become compliant and avoid penalty or even prosecution (should they be identified in the future), sacrifice much of their wealth, even become insolvent.
Comment at the Isaac Brock Society blog – July 29, 2013
http://isaacbrocksociety.ca/2013/07/29/traumatized-by-the-irs-reaching-into-the-world-london-july-28-2-5-pm/comment-page-1/#comment-455276
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— US Taxation Abroad (@TaxationAbroad) August 1, 2013