ccunning@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 15 hours agoHow can a US citizen invest outside the reach of the federal government?message-squaremessage-square59fedilinkarrow-up152arrow-down16
arrow-up146arrow-down1message-squareHow can a US citizen invest outside the reach of the federal government?ccunning@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 15 hours agomessage-square59fedilink
minus-squareccunning@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·14 hours agoHow so? You think reporting accounts to the IRS keeps the US from seizing/ freezing accounts? Not following your train of thought
minus-squaregibmiser@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·14 hours 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
minus-squareVaryk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-213 hours 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 report your accounts and investment income and pay taxes, then you’re in no danger of the US government seizing or freezing your accounts.
minus-squareccunning@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·13 hours 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-up3·13 hours 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.
How so? You think reporting accounts to the IRS keeps the US from seizing/ freezing accounts?
Not following your train of thought
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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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 report your accounts and investment income and 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.