What follows are links to posts at the Isaac Brock Society discussion the Kirsch Schneider debate held in Toronto on May 2, 2014. The posts (which are rich with comments) include:
ACA Global Foundation – Video of Kirsch Schneider debate – March 2015
Live Comments of the Toronto Kirsch Schneider debate – May 2, 2014
More discussion of the May 2 Kirsch Schneider debate – May 3, 2014
The comments are fantastic! Great insight!
This is a good interview with a mention of the FATCA Charter Challenge – covers a number of issues in a short period of time!
Interesting commentary on citizenship-based taxation from Shadow Raider at the Isaac Brock Society and from Badger.
The Cook v. Tait Series of Posts
In January of 2013 I began a series of posts to explore the rationale (if there is one) for “citizenship-based taxation”. I simply cannot understand how the United States of America, a country that once was a leader in human rights, can treat it’s citizens (not to mention Green Card holders) so badly. I assume that Congress has simply not YET considered this issue.
This series of posts (including the Prologue are):
Cook v. Tait Prologue: Citizenship renunciations soaring under Obama – Renunciation as an Act of Self Defense
Cook v. Tait 1: Does Cook v. Tait really mean that citizenship-based taxation is constitutional in all cases?
Cook v. Tait 2: The presumption of government benefit
Cook v. Tait 3: Legal Scholar agrees justification in Cook v. Tait, but offers new justification for citizenship-based taxation
Cook v. Tait 4: Taxation of #Americansabroad based on US culture 150 years ago! Time warp or what!
Cook v. Tait 5: Citizenship-based taxation was never justified – League of Nations reports!
Cook v. Tait 6: Taxation of Green Card holders who reside outside the U.S.
Cook v. Tait 7: Equality: Law prohibits both rich and poor from sleeping on the park bench
Cook v. Tait 8: Does citizenship-based taxation cross the boundaries of tax justice?
Cook v. Tait 9: US may have to stop citizenship-based taxation to get #FATCA IGAs
Cook v. Tait 10: Those born outside the U.S. to U.S. citizens, may not be U.S. citizens
Cook v. Tait 11: Who should #Americansabroad be compared to for tax purposes? Even U.S. citizens are entitle to “equal protection” under the 14th amendment
Cook v. Tait 12: Afroyim v. Rusk, The 14th amendment and the forcible destruction of citizenship
Cook v. Taint 13: The U.S. can no longer be permitted to levy taxes on the residents of other countries in general and border babies in particular
Cook v. Tait 14 – Boldly Go where no taxing authority has gone before
Cook v. Tait 15 – Why did the Soviet Union, Bulgaria, Vietnam and Myanmar adopt CBT? To maintain control.
Cook v. Tait 16 (Reblog of Tax-Expatriation.com post) – Supreme Court’s Decision in Cook vs. Tait and Notification Requirement of Section 7701(a)(50)
The above tweet references the following comment to the Cook v. Tait 1 post.
Introduction – The Cook v. Tait Series of Posts
In January of 2013 I began a series of posts to explore the rationale (if there is one) for “citizenship-based taxation”. I simply cannot understand how the United States of America, a country that once was a leader in human rights, can treat it’s citizens (not to mention Green Card holders) so badly. I assume that Congress has simply not YET considered this issue.
This series of posts (including the Prologue are):
Cook v. Tait Prologue: Citizenship renunciations soaring under Obama – Renunciation as an Act of Self Defense
Cook v. Tait 1: Does Cook v. Tait really mean that citizenship-based taxation is constitutional in all cases?
Cook v. Tait 2: The presumption of government benefit
Cook v. Tait 3: Legal Scholar agrees justification in Cook v. Tait, but offers new justification for citizenship-based taxation
Cook v. Tait 4: Taxation of #Americansabroad based on US culture 150 years ago! Time warp or what!
Cook v. Tait 5: Citizenship-based taxation was never justified – League of Nations reports!
Cook v. Tait 6: Taxation of Green Card holders who reside outside the U.S.
Cook v. Tait 7: Equality: Law prohibits both rich and poor from sleeping on the park bench
Cook v. Tait 8: Does citizenship-based taxation cross the boundaries of tax justice?
Cook v. Tait 9: US may have to stop citizenship-based taxation to get #FATCA IGAs
Cook v. Tait 10: Those born outside the U.S. to U.S. citizens, may not be U.S. citizens
Cook v. Tait 11: Who should #Americansabroad be compared to for tax purposes? Even U.S. citizens are entitle to “equal protection” under the 14th amendment
Cook v. Tait 12: Afroyim v. Rusk, The 14th amendment and the forcible destruction of citizenship
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Cook v Tait 13: Citizenship-based taxation must come to an end
The above tweet references a calm, but desperate plea posted at the Isaac Brock Society. The plea includes:
When it’s all said and done, FATCA is likely to result in the rethinking of what citizenship means, how it is acquired, how it can be renounced and more.
Two recent articles on this topic:
Interesting article by by Jessica Dorfmann in the Harvard International Review. On the whole it is a very good article. After describing many of the specific hardships of U.S. citizenship abroad, It closes by saying:
Great and interesting post about U.S. citizenship abroad. Some familiar faces. The post includes:
The post referenced in the above tweet appeared at the Isaac Brock Society. A+++ to the author. Make sure you read the comments.
AJ wrote this in response to a post created yesterday by Swiss Pinoy. Swiss Pinoy’s post,“Stated in honor of FATCA: ‘You [Americans] disgust me’,” was sparked by a comment on the CNN news site, in which an American inside the US stated, “You people disgust me” referring to US citizens abroad. That person’s comment prompted AJ to write the following:
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U.S. Persons Abroad - Members of a Unique Tax, Form and Penalty Club 