Expatriate Americans Giving Up Citizenship to Escape Taxes http://t.co/kf4Um4wXko – Video that goes along with the WSJ print article
— John Richardson – Counsellor for US persons abroad (@ExpatriationLaw) June 17, 2014
@Expatriationlaw interview – Citizenship lawyer Andrew Grossman https://t.co/pBwBkGFdih – U.S. Citizenship: acquisition, tax, expatriation
— John Richardson – Counsellor for US persons abroad (@ExpatriationLaw) June 17, 2014
On March 16, 2014, as part of my “Solving The Problems of U.S. Citizenship” seminars, I participated, along with Profeossor Allison Christians and lawyer Andrew Grossman in a “FATCA – U.S. citizenship” seminar at McGill law school. A summary of Professor Christians’s FATCA presentation is here.
After the FATCA information session, I had the privilege of interviewing Mr. Grossman. The interview focused on many aspects of U.S. citizenship. Some topics discussed ranged from the very academic to the very practical.
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How to get rid of your U.S. citizenship http://t.co/d46CiYDMkP – Once upon a time people wanted U.S. citizenship. That was then. No more.
— John Richardson – Counsellor for US persons abroad (@ExpatriationLaw) April 6, 2014
Interesting article by Patrick Cain of Global News – How To Get Rid Of An Unwanted U.S. Citizenship. This article is significant for two reasons:
1. The very fact that it was written at all – America’s practice of taxing residents of other countries is starting to get out;
2. Non-U.S. citizens may be starting to get interested in this issue.
The article includes:
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Renouncing U.S. citizenship is just one way of relinquishing U.S. citizenship http://t.co/llRb9OFth5
— John Richardson – Counsellor for US persons abroad (@ExpatriationLaw) March 23, 2014
Many people are confused about the difference between renouncing U.S. citizenship and relinquishing U.S. citizenship. To put it simply:
There is ONLY “relinquishment” of U.S. citizenship. “Renouncing U.S. citizenship” is just one way of relinquishing. This is described in S. 349 of the INA.
I refer you to an interesting post at the Isaac Brock Society. For those having trouble understanding the different ways one can “relinquish”, I recommend this post and (more importantly) the comments.
5 questions on US government targeting US citizens #Americansabroad http://t.co/oSRjyF3xPa US suggests use of U.S. citizenship as shield
— John Richardson – Counsellor for US persons abroad (@ExpatriationLaw) February 11, 2014
From the new http://t.co/soTGvPGEMx: U.S. citizen may be target of drone http://t.co/No3CPQJRJz #cnn
— John Richardson – Counsellor for US persons abroad (@ExpatriationLaw) February 11, 2014
Americans grapple with income inequality http://t.co/x1ivlhkCN9 – Interesting article by @AdGeller
— John Richardson – Counsellor for US persons abroad (@ExpatriationLaw) February 10, 2014
Adam Geller is a New York based national writer for the Associated Press. He is considering an article on the whole issue of Americans abroad and renunciations of U.S. citizenship (or not). Mr. Geller has lived overseas.
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