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Originally Posted by DirtyWhiteBoy
If your going to denounce your citizenship to get out of paying taxes, the IRS can still tax you for up to 10 years if they think you are denouncing to avoid taxes. Uncle Sam owns you.
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You serious DWB? :-) I never knew that!
Of course that's one of the reasons people leave their home country. Looks like the IRS just want to extend that departure and have claims.
Somehow I don't think that comes near the word "freedom" tho may be part of these "values" :-) No other country (apart from 4 weirdo or terrorist states) treat their citizens/wanna-be-ex-citizens this way.
As an aside.. and yes, - there is complaining about "immigrants" to the US, but there is also a degree of encouragement to move to the US simply because of tax revenue. In a lifetime/part-lifetime, the govt appreciate a lump of taxes :-) The more new tax-paying citizens the better!