Nomen Nescio wrote:

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Are you saying that if someone is legally resident in the US for a while, the US IRS will attempt to get his assets all over the world forever? I find this hard to believe.

On 10 Jul 2002 at 15:40, F. Marc de Piolenc wrote:

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Not necessarily "get" them, but tax them. Believe!

More like tax any income derived from those assets.