US Expats, Dual Nationals Seek Protection From Tax Law They Call Unfair

Banking problems, administrative worries, threats of tax reassessments or lawsuits — thousands of French people have problems because U.S. law demands they pay U.S. taxes, even though they have few connections to the United States. They are American citizens who were born in the U.S., but left the country as children. A French parliamentary report says Paris should do more to protect such dual nationals from a tax law they see as unfair. The U.S. Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, known...

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