Accidental Americans Create Headache for French, European Banks

January 2019 , by David Whitehouse

Boris Johnson, who was born in New York but left when he was five, found it outrageous that he was obliged to pay US taxes. The easy solution was to pay to renounce his US citizenship, which he did in 2016. Hundreds of other accidental Americans don't have the luxury of such an escape. Their legal battle may have ramifications for French and European banks.

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