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Johnny Depp Flees France Over Tax Hikes
Townhall.com ^ | September 3, 2012 | Daniel J. Mitchell

Posted on 09/03/2012 10:25:15 AM PDT by Kaslin

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To: Kaslin

“Depp” doesn’t mean anything in German.


41 posted on 09/03/2012 11:31:31 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: Catsrus

Yup. He’s an Ottawa guy. Other canuck guys to mention are the sons of JP Parise and Ray Bourque...who play for Team USA. There’s a lot to mention.


42 posted on 09/03/2012 11:33:47 AM PDT by max americana (Make the world a better place by punching a liberal in the face)
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To: Kaslin; Bob Ireland; mickie; flaglady47
We don't want ya back, Jacque!

You were once a prince of our cinema, now you're just a frog.

Abas le corsaire!

Leni

43 posted on 09/03/2012 11:37:35 AM PDT by MinuteGal
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To: Kaslin

Outrageous. What will Hollywood say? An actor NOT wanting to give up his US citizenship? Funny how it all comes back around.


44 posted on 09/03/2012 11:40:52 AM PDT by EggsAckley ("There's an Ethiopian in the fuel supply!")
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To: Jack Hydrazine

Not Depp by it self, but if you put in “du bist ein Depp” using the Bing translation it comes out “you are a dork” and since my native language is German, I should and would know I believe


45 posted on 09/03/2012 11:45:29 AM PDT by Kaslin (Acronym for OBAMA: One Big Ass Mistake America)
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To: FlingWingFlyer
It’s weird how all of the Hollywood “celebrity” frauds want Socialism/Marxism/Communism but they don’t want to have to pay for it.

Remember Will Smith's reaction when he was told the tax rate in France was 75%? He freaked out.

Mark

46 posted on 09/03/2012 11:46:02 AM PDT by MarkL (Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
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To: Revolting cat!

France is really bad, but the United States is racing to catch up. Regardless of who is the next president, socialized medicine is probably here to stay. Fannie Mae — a cause of the housing bubble — ain’t going anywhere. As for bailouts — just wait until the next big industry gets into trouble.

Worst of all is the old age entitlement state, with its death embrace of higher taxes and bigger government.

Pretty soon, there will be nowhere left on earth for us to go.


47 posted on 09/03/2012 11:47:22 AM PDT by heye2monn
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To: USFRIENDINVICTORIA
There is also Freudenschade, which means peevish envy at the good fortune of others.

At least that's what it means, now that I've made it up.

(I'm sure that a Google search will reveal hundreds of other great minds who have done likewise.)

48 posted on 09/03/2012 11:49:16 AM PDT by Erasmus (Zwischen des Teufels und des tiefen, blauen Meers)
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To: MarkL

Sure do. It’s funny how they all like to talk about how great socialism is until they figure out that somebody has to pay for it. The government has to steal the money from someone.


49 posted on 09/03/2012 11:50:57 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Had enough of the freaks running the show yet?)
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To: USFRIENDINVICTORIA
Lenon's "Taxman" was probably the best anti-tax protest song of all time.

"Taxman" was written by George Harrison.

50 posted on 09/03/2012 12:01:50 PM PDT by LibertarianLiz
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To: LibertarianLiz; dfwgator
Check out my mea culpa in #25.
51 posted on 09/03/2012 12:11:35 PM PDT by USFRIENDINVICTORIA
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To: Kaslin
The IRS taxes the income of citizens of the U.S. regardless of where they live or work. Depp, and any other U.S. citizen, receives a credit for taxes paid in a foreign jurisdiction, so the only time he would be paying income taxes to France and the U.S. is when the tax rate in France was lower than in the U.S., and I do not think that has been the case lately.

example:

Depp makes $10M in 2010. Assume France has a 42% tax on income. Depp is a U.S. Citizen residing in France for the full year. He pays $4.2M to the French equivalent of the IRS. He also files a return in the US and reports the $10M in income. Let's assume that it is taxed at 38% (forget about exemptions and deductions for this example). He would file a return showing $3.8M owed to the IRS, but would be given credit for the amount paid to the French taxing authority, up to the $3.8M owed in the US.

Since the United States has lower rates than many other countries, U.S. citizens resident overseas for a full year rarely pay in both places.

The recent stink over Denise Rich renouncing her U.S. citizenship (or the earlier brouhaha over the Brazilian-U.S. dual citizen co-founder of Facebook renouncing his U.S. citizenship) illustrates the case of someone who could live and be a citizen in a jurisdiction with an advantageous tax scheme relative to the U.S., who is facing a windfall or an inheritance which would be subject to U.S. taxation. These expatriates who renounce U.S. citizenship are subject to an "exit fee" set by federal law. But, if the windfall is large enough (e.g., Rich, Eduardo Saverin) the exit fee is no impediment.

52 posted on 09/03/2012 12:16:32 PM PDT by Wally_Kalbacken
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To: Kaslin
The IRS taxes the income of citizens of the U.S. regardless of where they live or work. Depp, and any other U.S. citizen, receives a credit for taxes paid in a foreign jurisdiction, so the only time he would be paying income taxes to France and the U.S. is when the tax rate in France was lower than in the U.S., and I do not think that has been the case lately.

example:

Depp makes $10M in 2010. Assume France has a 42% tax on income. Depp is a U.S. Citizen residing in France for the full year. He pays $4.2M to the French equivalent of the IRS. He also files a return in the US and reports the $10M in income. Let's assume that it is taxed at 38% (forget about exemptions and deductions for this example). He would file a return showing $3.8M owed to the IRS, but would be given credit for the amount paid to the French taxing authority, up to the $3.8M owed in the US.

Since the United States has lower rates than many other countries, U.S. citizens resident overseas for a full year rarely pay in both places.

The recent stink over Denise Rich renouncing her U.S. citizenship (or the earlier brouhaha over the Brazilian-U.S. dual citizen co-founder of Facebook renouncing his U.S. citizenship) illustrates the case of someone who could live and be a citizen in a jurisdiction with an advantageous tax scheme relative to the U.S., who is facing a windfall or an inheritance which would be subject to U.S. taxation. These expatriates who renounce U.S. citizenship are subject to an "exit fee" set by federal law. But, if the windfall is large enough (e.g., Rich, Eduardo Saverin) the exit fee is no impediment.

53 posted on 09/03/2012 12:17:20 PM PDT by Wally_Kalbacken
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To: lentulusgracchus

I expected the really big yachts to sail in 2008 or 2009, but they’re still swinging at anchor in the New York Yacht Club basin (well, except Romney’s — he’s Cayman-flagged now)..... for now.


I thought it flew the Bahamanian flag.


54 posted on 09/03/2012 12:26:01 PM PDT by Rides_A_Red_Horse (If there is a war on women, the Kennedys are the Spec Ops troops.)
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To: bert

Last night, TV news, shot of the yacht. ABC I think.


55 posted on 09/03/2012 12:35:21 PM PDT by lentulusgracchus
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To: bert; Rides_A_Red_Horse
It's easy to metasearch on "Romney flag yacht" ..... like this:

http://tinyurl.com/9qh6vhf

Lazy b*stard.

That's the last one, bert. You've worn out your welcome.

56 posted on 09/03/2012 12:49:39 PM PDT by lentulusgracchus
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To: lentulusgracchus

I thought so. Per Free Republic, the yacht belongs to a supporter

I don’t have the thread though


57 posted on 09/03/2012 12:51:21 PM PDT by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... Present failure and impending death yield irrational action))
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To: Kaslin

With the way all of these people praise Castro, why don’t anyone of them move to the socialist paradise of Cuba?


58 posted on 09/03/2012 12:52:44 PM PDT by dfwgator (I'm voting for Ryan and that other guy.)
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To: Kaslin

poor poor guy

Now he is a tax dodging rich guy


59 posted on 09/03/2012 12:53:29 PM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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To: Kaslin

As an actor, I liked him very much in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, and in The Tourist, but I’ve otherwise never been very impressed.

I’m deeply impressed now to see how he’s handling himself as a member of the 1%.


60 posted on 09/03/2012 1:13:44 PM PDT by dagogo redux (A whiff of primitive spirits in the air, harbingers of an impending descent into the feral.)
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