An attempt to stop Britain sharing expats’ data with Uncle Sam
Can “Jenny” succeed where data-protection watchdogs have failed?
UNLIKE CITIZENS of almost every other country, Americans abroad do not escape the long arm of their country’s tax laws. The United States operates a “worldwide” tax system, meaning Americans have to file returns even if they have lived and paid tax abroad for decades. This has led many expats and “accidental Americans”—most notably New York-born Boris Johnson—to give up their citizenship.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Taking on the taxman”
Britain October 30th 2021
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- Ministers roll out the red carpet for entrepreneurs and their investors
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- Britain’s minimum wage is catching up with pre-pandemic ambitions
- A bronze chicken looted in 1897 is flying back to Nigeria
- An attempt to stop Britain sharing expats’ data with Uncle Sam
- The greening of Boris Johnson
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