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Discussion about current events, culture, independent candidates, business, education, travel, death and taxes, global mobility, citizenship and residence by investment options, Americans abroad, FATCA, CRS, U.S. citizenship renunciation, Green Card abandonment, citizenship taxation, PFIC, GILTI, foreign trusts, I-407 and more ...
Episodes
September 18, 2026 - Participants include:
Virginia La Torre Jeker - @VLJeker
John Richardson - @ExpatriationLaw
Today Virginia and John discussed the penalty situation of a U.S. citizen who had always lived in Mexico. He received gifts from his Mexican father and failed to notify the IRS of the gifts. This is a common and very expensive (from a penalty perspective) mistake.
What follows is the ai generated description of the po...
September 15, 2026
Dave Keating - @DaveKeating - Brussels based journalist and author of "The Owned Continent"
John Richardson - @Expatriationlaw - Toronto, Canada based expatriation lawyer
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"Dave Keating is an American-European journalist in Brussels who moderates live events. Dave is the Brussels Correspondent for France 24. He has also written ...September 2, 2026 - The Christensen and Bruyea cases and how the court interpreted the French and Canadian tax treaties allow the double taxation of by the United States of non-U.S. source investment income!
Overview - The 30,000 view
This episode examines the August 31, 2026 Federal Circuit decision in Christensen v. United States and related Canadian cases, showing how Congress placed the 3.8% Net Investment Income Tax in a sepa...
August 27, 2026 - Lost and Found: Canada's Citizenship Shockwave
Purpose of this podcast AI generated podcast:
The question: You may be a Canadian citizen if you were born to a Canadian citizen. But, how we tell whether your ancestor was a Canadian citizen?
The analysis: This episode traces the century‑long evolution of Canadian nationality law — from imperial British subject status through exclusionary rules, the 1947 Citize...
August 15, 2026 - AI generated podcast based on a blog post by John Richardson.
"Canada's new citizenship by descent law - a search for proof more than a search for truth"
This podcast is based on the second post in my series exploring Canada's Bill C-3. Specifically it focuses on how to prove the entitlement to a certificate of Canadian citizenship.
https://citizenshipsolutions.ca/2026/08/13/canadian-citizenship-by-descent-a-sea...
August 11, 2026 - AI Generated Podcast based on the following blog post at CitizenshipSolutions.ca
What does Canada's Bill C-3 actually say? How does citizenship by descent now operate in Canada?
The post includes the following:
"The purpose of this post is narrow. It is to explain how the new ...
July 24, 2026 - A Podcast Based On A July 17, 2025 John Richardson Presentation About Canada's Bill C-3
Canada's Bill C-3 became law on December 15, 2025. The Bill clarifies who - if born outside of Canada to a Canadian citizen parent IS a Canadian citizen. Note that this is NOT a fast track to naturalization.
About Canadian citizenship:
1. Those born in Canada or naturalized as Canadian citizens ARE Canadian citizens.
2. Those bor...
July 31, 2026 - PFIC Odyssey Part 2
The explanatory text of the 1986 PFIC rules is found here:
https://citizenshipsolutions.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/jcs-10-87-PFIC-section.pdf
AI Generated:
"This episode is a deep dive into PFICs (Passive Foreign Investment Companies) and how a technical area of U.S. tax law can unexpec...
July 30, 2026 - The PFIC At Age 40 - What were the PFIC rules understood in 1986?
The explanatory text of the 1986 PFIC rules is found here:
https://citizenshipsolutions.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/jcs-10-87-PFIC-section.pdf
The podcast is based on the description in 1986 of what Congress was intending to do. This is a grea...
July 21, 2026 - Participants include:
Dan Hughes - @RadikalHughes
John Richardson - @ExpatriationLaw
Host John Richardson speaks with Dan Hughes about Canada’s Bill C-3 and Dan’s personal journey discovering he may be a Canadian by descent. Dan describes how he found his Canadian ancestors on Ancestry.com, hired a genealogist, and traveled across Michigan to collect certified birth, marriage and death records to pro...
July 17, 2026 - Participants include:
Virginia La Torre Jeker - @VLJeker
John Richardson - @ExpatriationLaw
On June 30, 2026 the IRS removed the "Delinquent FBAR Submission Procedures" from its site. This ended the "FBAR Safe Harbour" that allowed for the (possible) filing of lates FBARs without penalty. This was discussed in the following two blog posts by John Richardson and Virginia La Torre Jeker.
Current reality:
1776 - The origins of America:
July 2, 2026 - Participants include:
Virginia La Torre Jeker - @VLJeker
John Richardson - @ExpatriationLaw
On June 30, 2026 the IRS removed its "Delinquent FBAR Submission Procedures" page, ending the informal (guaranteed) penalty-free route for taxpayers who had only failed to file FBARs but otherwise reported and paid U.S. tax on foreign-account income.
The change means taxpayers now face the penalty authority (not a mandate) ...
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AI generated podcast and description:
"Tax Tracking Strategies for U.S. Citizens with Foreign Accounts 1 source·Jun 10, 2026American citizens residing...
AI generated
"This source criticizes the aggressive enforcement of U.S. international tax laws, specifically focusing on the Foreign Bank Account Report (FBAR) and its impact on dual citizens living...
March 26, 2026 - Participants include:
Virginia La Torre Jeker - @VLJeker
John Richardson - @ExpatriationLaw
John Richardson interviews U.S. tax lawyer Virginia LaTorre Jeker about the State Department’s reduction of the Certificate of Loss of Nationality fee from $2,350 to $450 (effective April 13, 2026) and what that change actually means in practice.
They discuss who stands to benefit (mainly lower-wealth and accidenta...
May 28, 2026 - This is an AI generated podcast based on the following blog post at Citizenship Solutions:
About The Expired U.S. Passport: Is It Proof Of Citizenship (Yes)? Or Can It Be Used As A Travel Document (No)?
The AI generated summary description of the podcast is:
...AI generated podcast based on the Parviz Malakouti "X Spaces" discussion on April 27, 2026.
https://x.com/ParvizMalakouti/status/2048849607879508090
"This transcript explores the concept of "Fortress America," a term used to describe the increasing legal and financial barriers that restrict the mobility of U.S. citizens. The speakers argue that an amalgamation of laws, including worldwide taxation, exit taxes, and passport restri...
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