PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - Is Africa the place for me?
View Single Post
Old 14th Dec 2015, 07:52
  #18 (permalink)  
darkroomsource
 
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Tamworth, UK / Nairobi, Kenya
Posts: 616
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Quote:
I also am (was) both American and British (now only British), can't afford to remain American, the only country in the world that makes you pay income tax even when you don't live there.

I didn't know many African counties reported your income to the US IRS....
That would be the "norm", however, if a bank in any country wishes to do business with any 'merican banks, it must provide a list of all US citizens and their bank details, including deposits and withdrawals, and the US will not provide a list of US citizens to any bank, therefore, in order to do business with 'merican banks, some African banks are sending details of all of their customers to the US. So, depending on where you bank, if you're an 'merican, you just might end up getting a notice from the IRS when you return to the good 'ole home country.
darkroomsource is offline