Posted on 02/09/2004 6:48:54 AM PST by ancient_geezer
Right. Of course, you'd still be subject to whatever local taxes your country of residence imposes. The flip side is that non-US citizens who expatriate to the US (or even just visitors) would be paying taxes on whatever they spent here.
Absolutely true but you missed the point.
It is disengeneous for the IRS to complain that they are not at fault and have to deal with what Congress gave them when all Congress did was rubberstamp what the IRS asked for.
It's a little like my wife picking out a dress and having me pay for it, then complaining that it's ugly, doesn't fit, doesn't go with her accessories and that I have lousy taste in fashions. All these things may be true but I just wrote the check, she picked the dress.
It is disengeneous for the IRS to complain that they are not at fault
LOL, all bureaucrats point fingers elsewhere.
But nothing will change until you get rid of the source of the problem, and that takes Congress.
The IRS does precisely as Congress enables them. No more no less.
Don't write the check, if you can't deal with what comes next.
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