• n2burns@lemmy.ca
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    The US is the only large country that taxes its citizens on their worldwide income.

    That’s untrue. As a Canadian, I know we do, and I believe we’re far from alone. I don’t know why people keep perpetuating this myth.

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        Sure, that’s completely true but unrelated to what you said in your original comment. I quote:

        Why would anyone with that much money want to come here permanently

        You were not talking about non-resident citizens, so stop moving the goalposts.

        Plus, the US has one of the lowest tax rates of any of those “large countries” you talked about. So unless a US citizen resided in a country without a tax treaty with the US (there’s not many of them), they’re almost certainly being charged enough tax in their resident country that they pay $0 to the IRS on non-USA income.

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          I was talking about non-residents, that’s why I edited the comment. Resident non-citizens presumably have jobs here, and are already paying tax.