Around 26% of some 3,200 American expats living in 121 countries around the world say they are either definitely "planning to renounce" their U.S. citizenships or are "seriously considering" doing so – with most citing the tax issues they, as U.S. expats, are obliged to deal with as the reason, according to  summary of the findings of Greenback Expat Tax Services' latest annual survey.

June 15 may be best known to many as the day that, in 1215, the Magna Carta – a precedent-setting "royal charter of rights" – was signed (by the application of a seal) by King John of England, at a place called Runnymede.

To millions of American expats around the world, though, it is famous for being the day that their U.S. taxes are due, unless they've applied for an extension to October – which they are within their rights to do, but it's not automatically given to them...

For years, ordinary taxpayer as well as seasoned tax professionals (and even, we can reliably say, certain financial journalists) who've been seeking answers to tax queries on the IRS's website have stumbled across a surprising – and for most, we think – endearing feature: a collection of some 15 tax quotations.