US Born Baby what to do??
Apr 26th 2008, 5:29 pm
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Re: US Born Baby what to do??
Few other points yet to be mentioned.
a) If you want to renounce US citizenship on behalf of the child, you can't. Only the kid can do so and then only when they are 18 or older.
b) The child is subject to US income taxes on their income wherever they live in the world for the rest of their life. Summer job as a lifeguard in Brighton? Waiting tables at Uni? Professional football player for Arsenal? Tough--US income tax owed (of course, with the treaties and overseas deductions, it is likely they won't actually owe anything to the US government, but it is often best to file for them nonetheless).
c) At age 18, boys are required to register with the US Selective Service (military conscription). Of course there hasn't been a draft in over 30 years, but they still have to fill out the paperwork nonetheless. I think my draft card is somewhere buried in a pile of stuff in a box, but I had to do it when I turned 18.
a) If you want to renounce US citizenship on behalf of the child, you can't. Only the kid can do so and then only when they are 18 or older.
b) The child is subject to US income taxes on their income wherever they live in the world for the rest of their life. Summer job as a lifeguard in Brighton? Waiting tables at Uni? Professional football player for Arsenal? Tough--US income tax owed (of course, with the treaties and overseas deductions, it is likely they won't actually owe anything to the US government, but it is often best to file for them nonetheless).
c) At age 18, boys are required to register with the US Selective Service (military conscription). Of course there hasn't been a draft in over 30 years, but they still have to fill out the paperwork nonetheless. I think my draft card is somewhere buried in a pile of stuff in a box, but I had to do it when I turned 18.
