Republicans Overseas Action today filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Ohio.
You can read:
ROA Press Release
ROA Ten Detailed Points
and ROA Description of Each Plaintiff
In addition to Senator Rand Paul, you will note some familiar names of plaintiffs–including Dr. Stephen Kish and Daniel Kuettel.
It’s been a long time coming, but finally someone is challenging FATCA, FBARs and the IGAs in U.S. Courts–including requesting an injunction.
UPDATE JULY 15, 2015: You can read actual Complaint
RT @MapleSandbox: Republicans Overseas File #FATCA & #FBAR Lawsuit: http://t.co/ZzxNxGovGt
Here we go. Democrats Abroad condemn the lawsuit and Rand Paul.
No mention of the other six plaintiffs and the devastating effects on them.
I just wish they would all stop the political games and put an end to using real problems of real people for their own objectives.
Hi Blaze, I thought I would stop by and leave a link to a Swiss article about the US FATCA Lawsuit for any French speakers here at Maple: http://www.letemps.ch/Page/Uuid/0e310df8-2bf3-11e5-8a84-afa5481f305f/La_loi_Fatca_attaqu%C3%A9e_en_justice_par_des_Am%C3%A9ricains_de_l%C3%A9tranger
The article does speak about 2 of the plaintiffs, Ms Nelson and Mr Keuttel. It quotes the Swiss-American chamber of commerce director Martin Naville as saying that “FATCA is the worst law ever written” but that our chances for success are next to nothing.
The reporter who wrote the article appears to be Stéphane Bussard, who is Le Temps correspondent for the US. Though comments are not solicited, you may write the author via a link at the bottom of the page (a webform that lets you put a return email address).
Lynne,
It is really unfortunate to see the political bickering. It seems focused inside the groups themselves; there is a fair bit of compromise between posters on the various FB groups; i.e., they recognize a need for finding commonality. Reminds me of marriage actually….sometimes you just have to put some big stuff aside to make something work.
Hi Noble- the common ground consists of our fundamental rights in the UDHR, European Convention on Human Rights, the enumerations of rights in every modern democratic nation’s constitution. FATBARDT issues (CBT/FATCA/FBAR) etc. should rub anybody the wrong way. There is no use for political correctness when fundamental rights are attacked. I think some of these people have to grow up and learn to collaborate with people they don’t always agree with to accomplish something they all believe in.
I’m also quite pleased to see the U.S. court case moving forward. However, I’m sorry to see the response to be so partisan. I’m also sorry, but not surprised, that there was no mention of the work done in Canada on FATCA and the ADCS lawsuit. Between the efforts put into the Canadian lawsuit and voluminous discussions at the Sandbox and IBS, the many problems with FATCA, FBAR and FINCEN have been fully explored and quite precisely defined.
News Coverage
From Washington Times Rand Paul Sues Obama Over Foreign Banking Law.
From Bloomberg Rand Paul Sues IRS Over Foreign Account Taxes, Disclosure.
Neither article gives information on the other six plaintiffs.
I just added the actual Complaint in the post or you can access the Complaint here.
From Wealth Management: Rand Paul Sues Obama Administration Over FATCA.
This is not encouraging:
From Courthouse News Services: Rand Paul Suit Blasts Foreign Banking Rules.
The focus continues to be on Rand Paul with minimal attention to the very real problems FATCA is creating for the other plaintiffs and other real people.
The AFL-CIO is slamming Ron Paul’s role in the lawsuit:
http://www.aflcio.org/Blog/Political-Action-Legislation/Rand-Paul-and-Republicans-Love-Tax-Evasion-and-Offshore-Havens
I tried to post a reply on the AFL-CIO site, but got blocked by an error message, perhaps because of my IP address. Maybe you could try to post from Canada. Here is my intended reply that I have already posted on FB and on the Paul / Bopp suit thread at IBS:
Hi Jefferson. It’s good to see you posting here again. We have missed you.
Thanks for the article and giving a brief synopsis for those of us who do not speak French.
Thanks also for posting your response to AFL-CIO. There is so much of this crap out there, how do we possibly counteract it?
Fighting FATCA Tyranny in U.S. Courts by Lynne Swanson in TaxConnections.
unfortunately, far too much of the media coverage has been on Rand Paul Sues IRS
This isn’t about Rand Paul. It’s about the “tyranny” of “financial surveillance of unprecedented scope.”
And it’s about the six other brave plaintiffs determined to fight back–including our own Stephen Kish.
Well, the U.S. government is once again showing how low it can go.
The U.S. Department of Justice is blaming the plaintiffs in the American lawsuit.
From Republlicans Overseas:
Wow, Self-inflicted, speculative or even illusory. I didn’t think they could top Robert Stack calling us a myth. U.S. Department of Justice just did,