Abstract
This Article contends that, with regard to individuals who reside permanently outside of the United States, the global assistance sought under FATCA to enforce U.S. income taxation solely on the basis of citizenship violates international law. It argues that insisting upon foreign cooperation with the FATCA regime, under threat of serious economic penalties, is inconsistent with universally accepted norms regarding appropriate limits to the state’s jurisdiction to tax, while also being normatively unjustified. Accordingly, FATCA should be rejected by all other nation states to the extent it imposes any obligations with respect to individuals who permanently reside outside of, and have no economic ties to, the United States.
Recommended Citation
Allison Christians,
A Global Perspective on Citizenship-Based Taxation,
38
Mich. J. Int'l L.
193
(2017).
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https://repository.law.umich.edu/mjil/vol38/iss2/3
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