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AreWeCowabunga t1_itss0ep wrote

Reply to comment by Locotree in Arrested in Australia, former US military pilot who worked in China now faces extradition by FreeChickenDinner

Even if you revoke your citizenship, I think you still have to pay US taxes for 10 years.

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Mist_Rising t1_itt137g wrote

I love how America demands your money even after you literally cancel your representation and leave.

Their like the fucking hotel California, once they have you, you can never leave.

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not_the_fox t1_itt2fx8 wrote

And deeply ironic for a country that went to war over taxation with no representation.

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nagrom7 t1_ittpvn0 wrote

Something something Puerto Rico and DC.

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CommyTzar t1_itu0blm wrote

I read that the US actually did have the kind of representation they complained about not having, the irony thickens?

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sensuability t1_ituaki9 wrote

Not much in the way of taxes either. That slogan came out about 70 years after the war of independence.

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not_the_fox t1_iu36amw wrote

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_taxation_without_representation

>The phrase had been used for more than a generation in Ireland.[8][9] By 1765, the term was in use in Boston, and local politician James Otis was most famously associated with the phrase, "taxation without representation is tyranny."[10] In the course of the Revolutionary era (1750–1783), many arguments were pursued that sought to resolve the dispute surrounding Parliamentary sovereignty, taxation, self-governance and representation
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>In the context of British taxation of its American colonies, the slogan"No taxation without representation" appeared for the first time in a headline of a February 1768 London Magazine printing of Lord Camden's "Speech on the Declaratory Bill of the Sovereignty of Great Britain over the Colonies," which was given in parliament.[2] The British government argued for virtual representation, the idea that people were represented by members of Parliament even if they didn't get to vote for them.

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SideburnSundays t1_ittffaf wrote

They demand taxes from all expats even if they’re already paying taxes to their host country. I’m below that income threshold but still have to report my earnings, which is a pain in the ass since all the “free” file options won’t let me file for free. “Please pay with US credit card that has US billing address and US phone number.” I have no US credit card, no US address, and no US phone number so fuck them and fuck the IRS. I pay taxes to my host country that actually puts my tax money back into social services I need.

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AdClemson t1_ittrqq9 wrote

As far as I know, Uncle Sam is the only country in the world that does that to its citizens living/working in foreign lands.

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AggravatingBobcat574 t1_itunfm3 wrote

It’s like you can’t avoid repaying your loan by closing your account with the bank. You still owe the money.

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420ipblood t1_itz2gyk wrote

They're*

And yes, what little tax is required in the US is REQUIRED.

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Mist_Rising t1_iu0nxsn wrote

No other developed country collects taxes from people who don't live in the country, let alone from non citizens.

Your argument is like saying Britian should be able to tax all Americans because they were once a colony of Britain. Thinking there was a war over that shit.. something about no tax without representation...

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pagit t1_ittl1s0 wrote

I would imagine there is official procedures to renouncing one's citizenship.

You can't just declare it like Michael Scott declares bankruptcy.

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catsloveart t1_ittcvde wrote

you can only renounce your citizenship after you have paid off any taxes owed. just cause you renounced don’t mean the government recognizes that you did of you still owed uncle sam his cut.

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