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FATCA

A person holding a big pile of papers and files on their back | Illustration: Midjourney/Fatima Ruiz.

Taxes

Why Some Americans Living Abroad Would Rather Renounce Their Citizenship Than File Taxes

Most Americans who reside overseas owe the IRS nothing, but complying with U.S. financial regulations can cost them their foreign bank accounts.

Tosin Akintola | 10.15.2026 5:15 PM

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Fiscal policy

Matt Welch Talks Taxes on The Reason Rundown With Peter Suderman

The latest episode of The Reason Rundown features The Reason Roundtable host and Editor at Large Matt Welch.

Peter Suderman | 8.12.2022 3:25 PM

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Fiscal policy

Matt Welch: Dems Want To Spend Your Money To Take More of Your Money

Editor at Large Matt Welch gives a reality check on the new IRS measures inside the Inflation Reduction Act.

Peter Suderman | 8.12.2022 6:00 AM

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Income tax

Biden Won't Close the 'Tax Gap,' but He Will Snoop on Your Bank Records

Another new Democratic administration, another hollow promise to discover hundreds of billions of unreported tax obligations under the national mattress.

Matt Welch | 6.9.2021 12:20 PM

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Economics

America's Punishing Worldwide Tax Scheme

Veronique de Rugy | 2.12.2018 6:00 AM

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Politics

Panama Papers Previews What Donald Trump's Jacksonian Economics Would Look Like

When the biggest economy on the block gets to write the global rules, foreigners and regular Americans get screwed, elites skate, and hypocrisy rules the day.

Matt Welch | 4.4.2016 11:55 AM

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Politics

Rand Paul and Five Expats Sue the Feds Over FATCA

Challenge asserts that the IRS can't rifle through the bank information of Americans just because they live abroad

Matt Welch | 9.3.2015 10:05 AM

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