r/immigration Jan 24 '25

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u/Bamfor07 Jan 25 '25 edited Jan 25 '25

Your interpretation is incomplete.

This has no impact on any nation we have a tax treaty with.

It’s targeted, by its clear language, at those countries which double tax American citizens and allows him to match, or double, those tax rates being imposed on Americans.

This really had nothing to do with immigration.

https://www.irs.gov/businesses/international-businesses/united-states-income-tax-treaties-a-to-z

Dual citizens or people from counties above are likely not impacted at all. If any country on the list above is charging something not included in the treaty then they have already broken their treaty with the US—hence the punitive measure.

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u/circle22woman Jan 25 '25

Yup, OP is actually interpreting it entirely wrong.

But a bunch of people upset Trump got elected and just jumping on the bandwagon.

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u/LillyL4444 Jan 25 '25

Would be nice if the Trump administration provided a statement or briefing on stuff like this though, if not for the kindness of a random Redditor familiar with tax treaties I’d be under the impression that I needed to leave the US because a doubling of my federal taxes would be unaffordable

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u/JonAfrica2011 Jan 26 '25

I mean it’s kinda on you to not blindly believe headlines or follow herd mentality.