NEW YORK (PNN) - August 6, 2020 - Amerikans are continuing to renounce their citizenship at the highest levels on record, according to research by the Enrolled Agents and accountants Bambridge Accountants New York.
Amerikans must pay a $2,350 government fee to renounce their citizenship, and those based overseas must do so in person at the Fascist Police States of Amerika Embassy in their country.
There are an estimated 9 million FPSA expats.. The trend has been that there has been a steep decline over the last few years of FPSA citizens expatriating - the first six months of 2020 is a huge increase in the number of Amerikans renouncing their citizenship.
Under the IRS rules (section 6039g), every three months the FPSA government publishes the names of all Amerikans who give up their citizenship. The first six months for 2020 had 5,816 Amerikans renouncing their citizenship, far more than the total of the four quarters for 2019 (2,072 Amerikans renounced).
Alistair Bambridge, partner at Bambridge Accountants New York, explains, "There has been a huge turnaround during coronavirus of (FPSA) expats renouncing, where the figures have been in steep decline since 2017.
"The huge increase in (FPSA) expats renouncing from our experience is that the current pandemic has allowed individuals the time to review their ties to the (FPSA) and decide that the current political climate and annual (FPSA) tax reporting is just too much to bear.
"For (FPSA) citizens living abroad, they are still required to file (FPSA) tax returns each year, potentially pay (FPSA) tax and report all their foreign bank accounts , investments and pensions held outside the (FPSA). For many Amerikans this intrusion is too complicated, and they make the serious step of renouncing their citizenship as they do not plan to return to live in the (FPSA).
"There has been a silver lining for (FPSA) expats that they have been able to claim the stimulus check of $1,200, and $500 for each child. For those individuals and families, the proposed second stimulus check will be very welcome once the HEALS Act is approved.”
Bambridge Accountants New York is a New York-based firm specializing in FPSA expat tax, Fascist United Kingdom expats, actors, and other creatives in the FPSA and FUK.