ccunning@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 5 months agoHow can a US citizen invest outside the reach of the federal government?message-squaremessage-square68fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareHow can a US citizen invest outside the reach of the federal government?ccunning@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 5 months agomessage-square68fedilink
minus-squareVaryk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agothen all you have to do is file the FBAR and pay your taxes every year and you can invest anywhere you want, however much you want.
minus-squareccunning@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoHow so? You think reporting accounts to the IRS keeps the US from seizing/ freezing accounts? Not following your train of thought
minus-squareVaryk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoYes, reporting foreign income and paying taxes is exactly what keeps the US from seizing and freezing accounts. you said you don’t want to avoid paying taxes. If you pay taxes, then you’re in no danger of the US government seizing or freezing your accounts.
minus-squareccunning@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoI don’t know if you’ve been following the news but I’d say that’s wishful thinking at this point.
minus-squareVaryk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoi have. you want to be part of the US tax system while being “out of reach of the federal government”, two aims you should understand are incompatible.
minus-squaregibmiser@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoI assume you are afraid of a political act causing this and not because of a debt or criminal act? I don’t think the other poster gets that
then all you have to do is file the FBAR and pay your taxes every year and you can invest anywhere you want, however much you want.
How so? You think reporting accounts to the IRS keeps the US from seizing/ freezing accounts?
Not following your train of thought
Yes, reporting foreign income and paying taxes is exactly what keeps the US from seizing and freezing accounts.
you said you don’t want to avoid paying taxes.
If you pay taxes, then you’re in no danger of the US government seizing or freezing your accounts.
I don’t know if you’ve been following the news but I’d say that’s wishful thinking at this point.
i have.
you want to be part of the US tax system while being “out of reach of the federal government”, two aims you should understand are incompatible.
I assume you are afraid of a political act causing this and not because of a debt or criminal act? I don’t think the other poster gets that
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