@Albert ******

That sounds like a good plan. America is still, in my opinion, the best place for an education, particularly higher education, and the best place to build a business and career and to make and save money. Access to that is the value you have place on citizenship and that’s what you are taxes are paying for even if it is a different policy than other countries.

@Albert ******

So you are keeping citizenship and paying taxes so you can easily visit the US? That’s your choice and may be expensive. However I don’t know what alternative passports are available to you. We know Thai citizenship is pretty hard to get.

@Albert ******

Where were your kids born? If they were born outside the US then I know they can get a US passport but I didn’t think it was required.

@Albert ******

I agree that this is unique to US citizens and seems absurd in your situation but look at the flip side. You have calculated, after all these years, that there is value to keeping US citizenship for you and your children.

@Albert ******

I think the first $120,000 of foreign income is excluded

@Brian *******

That’s what I said but your grammar and sentence structure is clearer.

@Marco ********

They do tax 85% of our Social Security. When SS was running out of money in the early 1980’s the fixed the problem by gradually raising the full retirement age from 65 to 67 and they started taxing 85% of the benefits. Social Security is running out of money again so they are thinking about how to fix it again.

@Trevor ******

I’m not sure what the comment means either but we have to report whether we had more than $10,000 in a foreign bank account each tax year. It a simple form each year. We can’t hide our money.

@Steve ******

I think you just have to file a final return with the IRS to pay any outstanding taxes. Other than that the fee to renounce is $2,350 plus any lawyer fees you may incur.

@Glyn *********

Thailand has progressive tax rates. It depends on what you earn but 35% is the maximum