International Taxation

May 20, 2011:

"Kathleen, I've just begun your 52-day course. Thanks for your work in preparing this. My concern is that I am a Canadian. So far your charts and information seem directed specifically to U.S. citizens and based on U.S. regulations. Will there be any country-specific information provided when the time comes to do things like fill out forms for visas, health care, banking, etc.?

"The information provided so far has been great...very useful. I'm looking forward to the next 46 days!"

--Marianne M., Canada

In fact, the only difference for a Canadian student of my Retire In 52 Days how-to program versus an American student is to do with taxes. Yes, some of the tax information I present in the program has a U.S. focus, because Americans have a more complicated tax situation when they relocate overseas than anyone else. Canadians, for example, don't have to worry about taxes back in Canada once they move offshore.

However, we all face the same new in-country tax issues and obligations. Likewise, Canadians have the same requirements for residency visas and the same considerations regarding family, setting up businesses in the new country, buying real estate, etc.

In other words, with the exception of one day of the program, the course is relevant (and, I hope, useful) for anyone.

More information is here.

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This Is Your Final Call

Uncle Sam is working quietly, behind the scenes, to put obstacles in place that will make it more difficult for you to broaden your horizons overseas. And much more difficult for you to be in the driver's seat of your own future.

It's not just the banking arena that's under threat.

In 2008, changes to the Veterans Act allowed for an "exit tax" on U.S. citizens who choose to leave the country and end their citizenship.

What other countries have done this in the past? Nazi Germany. Communist Russia. Apartheid South Africa...

This is your civil liberty at stake. How long before you just won't be able to get your assets out of the States?

I'm not an alarmist. I'm a pragmatist. And, as a pragmatic investor, I've seen the writing on the wall for some time. I've worked all these years and with an added sense of urgency more recently to take control of my own life, my own financial future, and, most important to me now, the future of my family.

Now I'd like to offer you a chance to do the same.

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