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Boston grandma, 82, is fined $2.1MILLION by IRS for failing to report $4.2M in Swiss bank account given to her by her Jewish father who fled the Nazis and told her to use cash if she ever needed to flee persecution
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Posted on 09/01/2022 5:38:12 PM PDT by algore

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To: algore
I feel bad for that lady. But I myself am totally beyond the reach of the IRS as I bank exclusively at the Hooterville Bank. And unlike the Swiss, Mr. Drucker knows how to keep a secret.


21 posted on 09/01/2022 5:56:29 PM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: algore

Looks like the Commies got to her.


22 posted on 09/01/2022 5:56:48 PM PDT by csvset (tolerance becomes a crime when attached to evil)
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To: algore

This is a friggin’ disgrace. What make the IRS think that money belongs to them?


23 posted on 09/01/2022 5:56:58 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (I always thought a Merry Garland was a Christmas tree decoration.)
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To: algore

Plank #3 of the Communist Manifesto: Abolition of all rights of inheritance.

Plank #4 of the Communist Manifesto: Confiscation of the property of all emigrants and rebels.


24 posted on 09/01/2022 5:58:58 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ( We need to “build back better” on the bones and ashes of those forcing us to “Build Back Better.")
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To: Mr Rogers

Curious if you support getting rid of the IRS and its Amendment 26 or are you all tingly and giggly waiting to see its mountain of tax rules descend upon the lower subjects?


25 posted on 09/01/2022 6:03:04 PM PDT by Hostage (Article V)
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26 posted on 09/01/2022 6:06:34 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: algore

Sounds like she should have used the money for the purpose it was established for her.


27 posted on 09/01/2022 6:17:23 PM PDT by itsahoot (Many Republicans are secretly Democrats, no Democrats are secretly Republicans. Dan Bongino.)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

You have to report foreign bank accounts on your tax return. I had to do it.


28 posted on 09/01/2022 6:17:36 PM PDT by kabar
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To: algore

The IRS is stealing the money of dead Jews.

They really are Nazis.


29 posted on 09/01/2022 6:42:47 PM PDT by MercyFlush (☭☭☭ Soviet Russia must be destroyed. ☭☭☭)
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To: EEGator
I think that was W post 9/11.

I found this link on “FATCA”

https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/us-legislation_swiss-banks-to-tell-all-under-fatca/40473870

30 posted on 09/01/2022 7:08:43 PM PDT by broken_clock (Go Trump! Still praying.)
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Yes, I seem to remember reading some time ago that Swiss bank accounts were no longer “secret.” And I don’t believe that old woman is innocent. I bet she’d made plans for its disposition or transfer when she dies. The holocaust is no excuse.


31 posted on 09/01/2022 7:14:29 PM PDT by Blurb2350 (posted from my 1500-watt blow dryer)
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To: HYPOCRACY; BobL

“You may need to pay UK Income Tax on your foreign income, such as:

wages if you work abroad

foreign investment income, for example dividends and savings interest

rental income on overseas property

income from pensions held overseas

Foreign income is anything from outside England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The Channel Islands and the Isle of Man are classed as foreign.

Whether you need to pay depends on if you’re classed as ‘resident’ in the UK for tax.

If you’re not UK resident, you will not have to pay UK tax on your foreign income.

If you’re UK resident, you’ll normally pay tax on your foreign income.”

https://www.gov.uk/tax-foreign-income

The woman in question is a US resident. So yes, she owes taxes on income made overseas, just as a UK citizen would.


“German tax law determines how much foreign income must be taxed. Thus, all expenses (Werbungskosten) are normally taken into account.

Foreign income includes
Salary for employment abroad
Dividends from shares of companies from abroad
Income from self-employment that took place abroad
Income from deposits / deposits with foreign financial institutions
Income from foreign investment funds or bonds
Income from agriculture and forestry, if cultivated land is located abroad”

https://germantaxes.de/tax-tips/foreign-income/

Looks like Germany too!

“The general rule is that a person who is a resident of Italy is assessable on worldwide income unless they are exempt under the provisions of a double taxation treaty.”

https://home.kpmg/xx/en/home/insights/2021/07/italy-taxation-of-international-executives.html

Italy too!


32 posted on 09/01/2022 7:49:01 PM PDT by Mr Rogers (We're a nation of feelings, not thoughts.)
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“Curious if you support getting rid of the IRS and its Amendment 26”

I’d prefer a sales tax with no income tax or a flat tax. But I’ll never see either. In the meantime, I’m in favor of obeying tax law. I don’t cheat on mine. Do you?


33 posted on 09/01/2022 7:51:24 PM PDT by Mr Rogers (We're a nation of feelings, not thoughts.)
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To: itsahoot

My thoughts Exactly,
Now she can only go Half
A$$ Far !
.
She’s 81,
She better get Packin’!


34 posted on 09/01/2022 7:57:24 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (We Are JONAH)
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To: Mr Rogers

Well, I’ve lived overseas for 20 years and know plenty of Brits, Germans, and Italians and none of them pay global income tax on money earned outside their country.

Americans are the only suckers forced to pay tax on any money earned overseas.

But you know better I guess.


35 posted on 09/01/2022 8:49:55 PM PDT by HYPOCRACY (This is the dystopian future we've been waiting for!)
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