If the court says taxing unrealized capital gains is constitutional, more Americans will give up their citizenship. Ditto if it goes the other way, says David Lesperance.
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The authoritative guide on how you or your client can successfully expatriate from the United States.
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So, you’ve given up your US citizenship or green card. End of story, right? Not even close, explain David Lesperance and Melvin Warshaw.
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David Lesperance and Melvin Warshaw explain how to get through the byzantine obstacle course of exit tax without setting off IRS booby traps.
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In this second installment of the series, David Lesperance and Melvin Warshaw explore the five-step process of renouncing US citizenship.
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The first installment in a four-part series on how to successfully expatriate from the US, with David Lesperance and Melvin Warshaw.
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David Lesperance and Mel Warshaw on what’s driving Americans to leave the country, get second citizenships, and give up citizenship in 2023.
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As US consular missions resume granting appointments to those unable to expatriate during the COVID years, expatriations are rising again.
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While the Court agreed that renouncing US citizenship is a fundamental right, it argued pandemic circumstances made delays understandable.
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Lesperance: “Half of my clients are concerned that the Democrats will keep the House [in November]. The other half are concerned they won’t.”
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Just as Lesperance foresaw 18 months ago, citizenship renunciations among wealthy Americans are cratering. Here’s what he expects next.
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David Lesperance says the US govt. is systematically suppressing expatriation and is hiding the true numbers to avoid encouraging more of it.
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The US govt. is making renunciation practically impossible. That violates the constitution, says the association now suing the State Dept.
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Morgan claimed David Lesperance was spreading misinformation and called for “validated facts”. Today, Lesperance delivers just that in spades.
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Edwin Morgan claims David Lesperance’s reports of long waits for US citizenship renunciation appointments are “fictitious” and that IMI, by giving it credence, is spreading misinformation.
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Thousands of Americans who wish to renounce their citizenship – a fundamental right – are barred from doing so under the pretext of COVID-measures.
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US consulates haven’t been taking renunciation appointments for over a year, ostensibly because of COVID. David Lesperance isn’t buying it.
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Many Americans still harbor serious myths and misunderstandings about alternative residences and citizenships, writes David Lesperance.
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David Lesperance says many US embassies refuse to take renunciation appointments, and that the backlog runs into the tens of thousands.
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David Lesperance: Democrat Senators’ assertions notwithstanding, US citizens are renouncing citizenships at the mere prospect of wealth taxes.
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