2011 Sept 26 – McKenna

 
Barrie McKenna
IRS tars law-abiding expats with same brush as tax cheats
Globe and Mail (26 Sept 2011)

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/irs-tars-law-abiding-expats-with-same-brush-as-tax-cheats/article2179482/

After a survey of the effects of FBAR, FATCA, and OVDI, McKenna reports: “The IRS won’t say how many Canadians are among the 12,000 amnesty-seekers [in the second round of OVDI]. But accountants with dual Canadian-American clients say most have opted to stay in the shadows.” Two solutions are then proposed: coming into compliance without penalties, and unrestricted renunciation of citizenship. Without a reasonable possibility of resolution, “tens, and perhaps hundreds, of thousands of Canadians will continue to live like fugitives in their own country.”