Four Attitudes Of Americans Abroad Toward US Citizen Tax: Ending, Ignoring, Escaping Or Improving

<p>January 20, 2023 - Participants Include:</p> <p> </p> <p>Keith Redmond - <a href='https://www.twitter.com/keith__redmond'>@Keith__Remond</a></p> <p>John Richardson - <a href='https://www.twitter.com/expatriationlaw'>@ExpatriationLaw</a></p> <p>____________________________________________</p> <p>This informal discussion was the result of two separate (but contextually related) discussions on social media discussing US citizenship taxation.</p> <p>First - Keith Redmond's American Expatriates Facebook group. The discussion thread is here:</p> <p><a href='https://www.facebook.com/groups/AmericanExpatriates/posts/2370830776416314/'>https://www.facebook.com/groups/AmericanExpatriates/posts/2370830776416314/</a></p> <p>Note this thread is discussed until approximately the 30:35 mark.</p> <p>Second - Discussion on Twitter </p> <p><a href='https://twitter.com/RonSteenblik/status/1614669507590496259'>https://twitter.com/RonSteenblik/status/1614669507590496259</a></p> <p>Note this thread is discussed from approximately the 30:35 mark until the end.</p> <p>__________________________________________________</p> <p>Interestingly both discussions illuminated the fact that those subject to the US extra-territorial tax regime are clearly impacted in different ways. These differences make it very difficult to unite Americans abroad in a common goal of ending US citizenship taxation.</p> <p>Generally, those subject the US extra-territorial tax regime fall into one of the following four groups. Each group is characterized by a dominant goal (although there is some overlap):</p> <p>Ending Citizenship Taxation - This group which is symbolized by <a href='https://www.seatnow.org'>SEAT</a> is focussed on ending US citizenship taxation. This means that citizenship is never relevant for the purposes of taxation.</p> <p>Ignoring Citizenship Taxation - It is clear that there are any individuals who approach the problem of citizenship taxation by simply ignoring it. It is clear that many people who are subject to the citizenship tax regim