Comments on: Fleeing taxes

By: davisbr

davisbr — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 09:04:19 +0000

Huh? Heh. Hahaha. HAHAHAHAHA Redstate: BTW: The GOP just took control of the Washington state senate And more, from Michael Barone: Reddish behaviour in blue states. D a y u m m m. Now ain't that interestin'. Must be way more of us ex-Californio's moving north than even I thought. ...and I swear that I didn't see those articles until after I commented above. Pinkie-swear.

By: davisbr

davisbr — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 08:48:43 +0000

Hell. I was one of those who fled California. One year, one month, and one week ago exactly …and just 6 weeks shy of being in California for 60 years.

Trust me on this: we brought our conservative values with us (to the somewhat less blue – and entirely less wacko – state of Washington …didn’t want to leave the west coast). We’ve met and talked with other Cali’ emigrants since moving here. They’re uniformly conservatives.

Same story.

Fed up.

Packed it up.

Done.

By: Occam's Beard

Occam's Beard — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 16:26:47 +0000

Some of the countries with the easiest entry requirements (re: for citizenship) also tend to not cooperate with the IRS. They want you to move there because your bringing money.

Good to know!

Gotta be a little careful in choice of country, because some of them strongly favor their own citizens over foreigners (what a concept, eh?).

(E.g., a neighbor’s friend who got divorced from his Mexican wife learned that she owned the house – straight up, no other consideration – because she was a Mexican citizen, and he was not.)

And, of course, Third World countries’ politics can be so mercurial, so even one favorably inclined today may not be after tomorrow’s coup.

Still, good to know.

By: T

Thu, 13 Dec 2012 14:17:59 +0000

. . . and speaking of Warren Buffet:

Instapundit:
UNPATRIOTIC BILLIONAIRES: The Day After Calling for Higher Estate Taxes on the Rich, Warren Buffett Helps Billionaire Save Millions in Taxes.

The link:

http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2012/12/the-day-after-calling.html

By: Surellin

Surellin — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 13:57:40 +0000

Right, T – Gerard Depardieu left the land of 75% taxation. The guy has 9 movies that have not even been released yet, according to ImDB – he works like a dog and probably figures he deserves the pay. On an allied note, I was searching the real estate ads for stately houses in France (hey, I can dream, can’t I?). Funny that the split-level in the rather remote southern Midi-Pyrenees was 300,000 euros, whereas your basic 10-bedroom chateaus in the Loire or Bordeaux were a mere 2 million. Looks like a particular demographic in France is trying to go cash-heavy and real estate-light.

By: thomass

thomass — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 06:34:01 +0000

Occam’s Beard Says:

“Who decides whether the citizen’s motivation was to avoid taxes? Why, the IRS, that’s who.”

Some of the countries with the easiest entry requirements (re: for citizenship) also tend to not cooperate with the IRS. They want you to move there because your bringing money. Been doing some research since the election. 😉

By: Occam's Beard

Occam's Beard — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 05:06:43 +0000

Nevada was fairly libertarian once…. *once*. Hell, California was fairly libertarian once…. *once*.

By: parker

parker — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 04:13:51 +0000

Democrats see the ‘fiscal cliff’ as a rising tide.

http://tinyurl.com/amtngh8

Enough is never enough.

By: IGotBupkis, Legally Defined Cyberbully in All 57 States

IGotBupkis, Legally Defined Cyberbully in All 57 States — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 03:43:59 +0000

}}} There was a bumper sticker I read about: Don’t Californicate Oregon. Didn’t work.

The one that’s gotten really screwed is Nevada.

At least Oregon was already halfway there, with all the hippies and such…

Nevada was fairly libertarian once…. *once*.

By: Occam's Beard

Occam's Beard — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 02:48:27 +0000

Can always switch you citizenship

Actually, you can’t, at least not easily.

In an especially draconian bit of US tax law, the IRS can still gong on an American who renounces his citizenship for tax purposes. Who decides whether the citizen’s motivation was to avoid taxes? Why, the IRS, that’s who.