Keeping Up With @Amy_From_Sydney - Update: The 2023 Struggle Against US Citizenship Tax Continues

March 4, 2023 - Participants Include:

 

Amy Purcell - @Amy_From_Sydney

 

John Richardson - @Expatriationlaw

This fourth podcast with @Amy_From_Sydney continues with our three  discussions from 2022. If you missed either of the first two discussions with her, you can find them here:

 

First - February 6, 2022:

An Accidental American Describes Her ”OMG” Moment: The Twin Horrors Of FATCA And Taxation Based Citizenship

A fascinating discussion with Amy - born to a US citizen mother in Australia -  who has lived in Sydney Australia her whole life. She has visited the United States but has never had any economic connection to the United States. In other words, she is an "Accidental American".

In March of 2021 she received a FATCA inquiry from her Australian bank. In this podcast she describes her "OMG Moment". She generously describes her emotions, her response (getting a Social Security Number) and filing taxes through the streamlined process.

Second - February 22, 2022:

Amy From Sydney Take 2: To Vote Or Not To Vote - That Is The Question, Whether Tis Better To

A fascinating discussion with Amy - born to a US citizen mother in Australia -  who has lived in Sydney Australia her whole life. She has visited the United States but has never had any economic connection to the United States. In other words, she is an "Accidental American".

In her first podcast Amy told her story of becoming acquainted with the "Twin Horrors Of FATCA and Taxation Based Citizenship".  In this, her second podcast, we continue the discussion with an emphasis on the importance of Americans abroad:

- becoming vocal about the injustices of FATCA and US extraterritorial taxation

- using the right to vote strategically and as an opportunity

- contributing to the struggle by doing what they can!

After all, the United States is actually imposing direct taxation on income earned in Australia by an Australian resident. It's no wonder that Amy describes this as hard to believe and "spacey".

Third - May 24, 2022 - The American Expat Finance News Journal

https://americanexpatfinance.com/podcasts/34-basic-financial-fundamentals-that-makes-all-the-difference-for-americans-who-live-abroad-2

 

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Fourth - March 4, 2023

In this 2023 update, Amy provides updates which include:

- the continuing difficulty of advocacy for Americans abroad

- the responsibility of all Americans abroad to participate in the opposition to U.S. extra-territorial overreach

- the continuing conflict between the "Get Out The Vote" initiatives and the interests of @USVotersAbroad

- the importance of fund raising

- why it's important for every country to have at least one "Amy From Sydney"!

- How to become the next "Amy From Sydney!"