BREAKING: Assn' of Accident'l Americans responds to State Dept in renunciation fee legal challenge

BREAKING: Assn' of Accident'l Americans responds to State Dept in renunciation fee legal challenge

The Paris-based Association of Accidental Americans – along with the 20 so-called accidental Americans of 13 different nationalities with which it is jointly challenging the U.S. government in a U.S. district court in Washington, over the US$2,350 fee that the U.S. currently charges those wishing to renounce their American citizenship – today responded to the government's motion for summary judgment, with a 45-page memorandum "of points and authorities in opposition."

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The AXFNJ podcast: 'The impact of the proposed Warren Wealth Tax (and how it would interact with FATCA) on Americans abroad'

The AXFNJ podcast: 'The impact of the proposed Warren Wealth Tax (and how it would interact with FATCA) on Americans abroad'

On Wednesday (June 16), viewers of a "virtual" three-hour, full Senate Finance Committee hearing on the subject of President Biden's Fiscal Year 2022 budget were witness to a rare, 6 minute, 42-second exchange between Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D, Massachusetts) and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, about Elizabeth Warren's so-called "Ultra-Millionaire Tax."

As Republicans complain, IRS says it's looking into leak of data behind ProPublica article

As Republicans complain, IRS says it's looking into leak of data behind ProPublica article

While news websites and newspapers continue to review, analyze and publish opinions based on ProPublica's recent and comprehensive research report on the relatively insignificant income taxes certain of Americas wealthiest Americans have been found to be paying, Republican politicians in Washington are, in their own words, "demanding answers," even as IRS commissioner Charles Rettig has assured them and others that the matter is being thoroughly investigated. 

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European Parliament hearing held in Brussels in 2019, in which 'accidental Americans' unleashed their frustrations over FATCA

Looming confrontation seen between U.S. and its FATCA signatories, as 'FATCA II' takes shape in Washington

As the dust begins to settle on the latest revelation of the gap between what America's wealthiest are paying in federal income taxes, and ordinary, law-abiding American taxpayers are – which came earlier this week, in the form of a major report by the non-profit, New York-based ProPublica investigative journalism organization – expat Americans, tax experts and others are seeing a growing confrontation developing.

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The AXFNJ podcast: 'The impact of the proposed Warren Wealth Tax (and how it would interact with FATCA) on Americans abroad'

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On Wednesday (June 16), viewers of a "virtual" three-hour, full Senate Finance Committee hearing on the subject of President Biden's Fiscal Year 2022 budget were witness to a rare, 6...

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