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Part 9 – For #Americansabroad: US "citizenship taxation" is "death by a thousand cuts, but the S. 877A Exit Tax is "death by the guillotine"

1995 – The origins of the S. 877A Exit Tax – Video of House Oversight Committee
 

 
This testimony in this video covers a number of perspectives. It includes a consideration of whether the S. 877A rules are a “human rights violation”. This video should be watched in its entirety. It illustrates the viciousness of the Exit Tax and the attitude of the Clinton administration. There is a suggestion that the purpose of the S. 877A rules was to “keep people from leaving”. If you find any testimony or questions that address the problems of “Americans Abroad”, please leave a comment describing the speaker, time and the substance. It appears that there was little or no consideration of how this would affect “American Citizens Abroad”.
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