Doesn't anone remember a skit done by an Aussie comedy troupe very soon after 9/11 where couple guys buy a Quantas ticket under the names Al Kyder and Terry Wrist? If memory serves they showed up at the gate and deliberately sat there when boarding was called -- the idea was to get the gate agent to...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/pnwtraveler" class="quote" target="_blank">pnwtraveler</a> (<a href="#19" class="quote">Reply 19</a>):<br/><i>I was on a 763 last Friday <acrony...
Jump to postInteresting. I would have expected new ATRs, based on their better economics over short distances. I wonder what pushed them to the Q400. I wouldn't think the extra speed was that important, maybe it's capacity?
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Jump to postI think if you sell inherited property, you pay tax on the capital gain, calculated from the day you inherit it to the day you sell it. The gain would be shared among all the beneficiaries. I don't know how much capital gain would be liable to tax, I think the threshold is fairly high. But that's a ...
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Jump to postBefore you jump into the US and get a green card, fully explore the tax implications. The US taxes based on citizenship (or green card status) rather then residence. Once you've made that commitment, they've got you for life and it's not easy to get out. Move back to the Netherlands (or anywhere els...
Jump to postKiwiRob Our kids are adopted, so no issue fortunately. My wife hopes that the CLN she has now with the 1974 expatriation date on it will be enough to keep the IRS off her back -- but there's no certainty to that and crossing the border will always be a gamble. She has no intention of dealing with th...
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Jump to postBhill Thanks for confirming my opinion of the average uneducated (and doesn't want to be educated) home lander. I'm not the U.S citizen in this picture; I'm the unfortunate Canadian married to some one who thought she'd done exactly what you suggest -- make a choice. She did that more than 40 years ...
Jump to postThe US will soon have no diaspora left in the world. Within 5 years most of that 7-millions strong group of semi-ambassadors will have either moved back home, or renounced. Life as a US expatriate has become financially untenable; follow the US tax rules and you'll soon be bankrupted, either by maki...
Jump to postThere is one more country that does that -- Eritrea. What nice company to be in. And here's your laugher for the day; a couple of years ago the UN condemned Eritrea for its diaspora tax. Co-sponsor of the resolution ? The US. I woner if <acronym title="Cathay Pacific (China-Hong Kong)">CX</acronym> ...
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Jump to postNot sure where this belongs, but Cathay Pacific is withholding 30% of all offshore US-citizens flight crews pay because of new US tax rules scheduled to come into effect July 1. Called FATCA, this new legislation will be a nightmare for the 7 million US expats who now live and work in other countrie...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/JJJ" class="quote" target="_blank">JJJ</a> (<a href="#28" class="quote">Reply 28</a>):<br/><i>That's not exclusive of the Germans. The British i...
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Jump to postWell, there are benefits to getting your green card revoked and being deported back home. He won't have to file (and pay) US income tax any more. That should save him a few bucks. On the other hand --- the US now has an exit tax that applies to any expat (or green card holder) worth more than $2 mil...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/BMI727" class="quote" target="_blank">BMI727</a> (<a href="#67" class="quote">Reply 67</a>):<br/><i>People should be free to smoke or drink with...
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Jump to postI'd love to get my hands on an account of the techniques used by Ken Borek Air in that 2001 rescue mission to the South Pole. A Twin Otter was sent in winter to the Amundsen-Scott station to rescue a sick doctor, and bring in his replacement. Once they got there, they spent 10 hours on the ground (i...
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Jump to postGood luck keeping the politics out of it. I quit commenting on most U.S. Healthcare discussions months ago. Same folks will trot out the same arguments pro and con and no one will convince anyone else of anything. A lot of shouting, very little listening.
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/aa7295" class="quote" target="_blank">aa7295</a> (<a href="#46" class="quote">Reply 46</a>):<br/><i>That's the thing, through FATCA they can act...
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Jump to postForeign policy is much more than dealing with the difficult nations in the world. In fact, I would argue that it's how you deal with your friends that determines success or failure on the foreign policy front. And on that score, I give the guy an F based on two major overreaches that have <acronym t...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/N1120A" class="quote" target="_blank">N1120A</a> (<a href="#25" class="quote">Reply 25</a>):<br/><i>...including yours - where it has been legal...
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Jump to postI'm covered -- no deductibles, no copays; 100% covered. And no worries about pre-existing conditions fortunately, since I'm in a long-haul war with leukemia and have been for about 10 years now. Annual insurance/tax cost is about $3500 for two of us; will go up about 5% next year. No complaints.
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