Normally averaging hundreds per year, last year the U.S. had almost 1,800 citizens renounce their citizenship and move overseas. The number of wealthy Americans dropping their citizenship has grown sevenfold in the four years since a whistleblower at UBS prompted a crackdown on tax evasion, according to a separate Bloomberg report.

The latest, Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin, stands to potentially save hundreds of millions of dollars by giving up his citizenship, and according to an immigration attorney and expert on citizenship matters, saving on taxes – especially capital gains duties – is usually the reason people make the decision.

John Dorrance III, the heir to the Campell’s Soup fortune, ditched his U.S. citizenship and moved to Ireland before selling his stake in the family business, according to Forbes.


http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/05/11/renouncing-citizenship-is-usually-all-about-benjamins-say-experts/

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-01/wealthy-americans-queue-to-give-up-passports-in-swiss-capital.html

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/11/eduardo-saverin-us-citizenship_n_1510099.html


The Government actually publishes quarterly lists of Americans renouncing their citizenship.
https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2012/04/30/2012-10274/quarterly-publication-of-individuals-who-have-chosen-to-expatriate

And as a parting remembrance, the IRS has one final departure tax for those leaving after renouncing their citizenship.
http://www.bna.com/irs-issues-guidance-n2147484234/


As the United States continues its downward spiral of economic ruin, socialistic agenda, and class warfare, we can only expect this trend to increase.