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[–] 51 points 1 year ago (1 child)

This is a crime. The GOP are advocating disenfranchisement, which is a criminal act. They are pushing to commit additional crimes against Americans.

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  • [+] 32 points 1 year ago (12 children)
  • [–] 20 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Yes, but if you pay taxes in the country you're staying in, there's a chance you can deduct that tax from your taxable income on your US taxes, depending on the treaties in play.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    The "Foreign Tax Credit" is a flat credit that goes against any US liability.

    There are a few caveats, by country, if I'm not mistaken. For instance, I don't believe you can claim it on sanctioned countries. So anyone pulling a salary in Russia is stuck. But then folks in Russia likely aren't having their incomes reported to the US IRS anyway, so its something of a moot point.

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  • [–] [S, B] 13 points 1 year ago (3 children)
  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (3 children)

    Not necessarily. A number of countries are exempt from double taxation.

    The United States has tax treaties with a number of foreign countries...Under these same treaties, residents or citizens of the United States are taxed at a reduced rate, or are exempt from foreign taxes, on certain items of income they receive from sources within foreign countries.

    https://www.irs.gov/businesses/international-businesses/united-states-income-tax-treaties-a-to-z

    You are still required to file, however, and usually you are able to use the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion to avoid taxation of most of your income as long as it doesn't exceed a certain amount.

    If you are a U.S. citizen or a resident alien of the United States and you live abroad, you are taxed on your worldwide income. However, you may qualify to exclude your foreign earnings from income up to an amount that is adjusted annually for inflation ($107,600 for 2020, $108,700 for 2021, $112,000 for 2022, and $120,000 for 2023).

    https://www.irs.gov/individuals/international-taxpayers/foreign-earned-income-exclusion

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  • [–] 23 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    In its Arizona lawsuit, the RNC claims that allowing overseas non-resident voters to cast ballots "inflicts a competitive injury" on both the state and national GOP by adding to the state's voter rolls "individuals who are disproportionately non-Republican in their partisan affiliations."

    Well that's pretty self explanatory

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago

    The Proving Residency for Overseas Voter Eligibility, or PROVE, Act would require overseas voters to have a "current residence" in the state they're registered, or a spouse, parent or guardian with such a residence.

    Fuck all the way off. You make me file taxes every year. You have rules that make investing for my retirement much more difficult because of PFICs. Your asinine IRS rules stop foreign banks and brokerages for even wanting to touch US citizens. You want me to not vote? Do what the rest of the world (minus I think 1 country) does and drop all that shit.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago

    No taxation without representation.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    "If voting worked, they'd make it illegal"

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  • certainly the military will love this

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Hot take. You shouldn't be able to vote for changes somewhere you don't live.

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