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US Is Not Unfair In Taxing Citizens Living Abroad

By Edward Zelinsky (March 25, 2019, 3:37 PM EDT) -- Many U.S. citizens living abroad criticize the U.S. for taxing them while they reside in foreign countries. These opponents of current U.S. tax law now invoke the U.S. tax obligations of Meghan Markle to bolster their case. Having married into the British royal family and becoming the Duchess of Sussex, Markle remains subject to U.S. taxation as a U.S. citizen living abroad. Most recently, Laura Saunders of the Wall Street Journal focused on Markle's U.S. tax liability, claiming that many U.S. citizens residing abroad "have trouble living ordinary financial lives ... because of stringent U.S. rules."[1]...

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