You really should check out the Isaac Brock Society website: http://isaacbrocksociety.ca. They have a Canadian focus but you can find all the information you need that’s relevant to your particular situation. I haven’t filed mine either: overseas filers get a 3-month extension!

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And yet I’d guess that most people still believe this. “If I just work harder I can get that job/promotion/whatever.” “Disenchanted” is a good word. It implies no longer being under an enchantment, and I think that happens when we spend time in other countries.

Yes, we’re all running scared right now because it’s so hard to know if we’re fully compliant or not because it’s all so complicated. Every ‘expert’ gives different advice and charges you for it. And you have to be fully tax-compliant in order to renounce. And even once you renounce you can still get audited … it’s a nightmare, and totally unfair. I wouldn’t wait for the Republicans to do anything about it. We don’t represent enough votes, and it would make it too easy for the Democrats to accuse them of being ‘soft on tax cheats.’ They have no incentive to fight that battle. I think our only chance of changing this is through the court system, but that’ll take a while…

Yes, and I would argue that if your goal is to get more stuff–bigger house, better car, fancier TV–you may be attaining the American Dream but you may find out it doesn’t make you happy.