Why is it Americans still need to get taxed and drafted even outside their home nation. Nobody else does that
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yukichigai@lemmy.sdf.org 3 days ago
Ironically enough, you actually have to pay the US Government to renounce your citizenship. The base fee is $2,350, but the application process is so lengthy and complex the total cost can run up into the $20k range. Oh, and you’re still obligated to pay taxes and subject to orders for mandatory military service.
Shezzagrad@lemmy.ml 3 days ago
yukichigai@lemmy.sdf.org 2 days ago
For taxes: initially it was because business owners were renouncing their citizenship as a way to avoid income and capital gains taxes, as well as estate taxes.
For the draft: during the Vietnam War people would flee to other countries (usually Canada) and renounce their US citizenship, even if they didn’t obtain citizenship elsewhere. Becoming a stateless person was (correctly) seen as less of a death sentence than being sent to Vietnam.
jagged_circle@feddit.nl 3 days ago
I think its a percent of your net worth.
Lemminary@lemmy.world 3 days ago
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HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I’m pretty sure that’s supposed to mean that they don’t assess any new liabilities or obligations, but you can’t get out of anything they’ve already assessed by relinquishing citizenship.
Wilco@lemm.ee 3 days ago
This is exactly what it is. You don’t get out of paying just by relinquishing citizenship.
SwordInStone@lemmy.world 3 days ago
these seem like the only good reasons