Legislative Alerts
Special Alert IRS Delays FATCA until 2014/2015
Friday, July 15th, 2011Dear Reader, Yesterday the U.S. Internal Revenue Service finally bowed to reason and announced that the original January 1, 2013 effective date for the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) has been dropped. Under the new IRS schedule, offshore private banks, which face the most onerous IRS requirements under FATCA, will not have to provide [...]
Special Alert: The VIPR Threat – “Dominate. Intimidate. Control”
Monday, July 11th, 2011Dear Reader, I am writing to you today to ask that you immediately contact your U.S. Senators and your U.S. House Representative to strongly oppose the planned expansion and funding of radial U.S. government task forces known as the “Visible Intermodal Prevention and Response” (VIPR). Frankly, I was unaware of these serpentine-named task forces until [...]
Legislative Alert: Important Year-End Tax Changes
Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010TO: Sovereign Society Freedom Alliance Members FROM: Bob Bauman JD, Chairman What follows below is a special alert from attorney Gideon Rothschild JD, a longtime member of the Sovereign Society’s Council of Experts and one of America’s leading estate planning experts. If this information may apply to your personal tax situation, I urge you to [...]
SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE ALERT – Tax Proposals Pending in U.S. Congress
Tuesday, December 7th, 2010Dear Freedom Alliance Member: I have no doubt that you share my concern about what form the U.S. income tax, estate tax and other taxes will take next year, as the much-publicized December 31 deadline nears. I am sure you will have access to full media coverage of the deal the President reluctantly announced last [...]
Another Loss of Personal & Financial Privacy
Tuesday, July 13th, 2010We at The Sovereign Society constantly are concerned about unjustified government intrusions into both domestic and offshore financial matters – a large part of which can be characterized as destruction of personal and financial privacy. Much of this is done in secret and is constitutionally questionable. As a life-long conservative (albeit with a decided Libertarian [...]
Fed Audit Diluted as U.S. Billions May Flow to Greece
Wednesday, May 12th, 2010Last week I reported in my blog on the U.S. Senate’s consideration of Sen. Chris Dodd’s (D-CT) so-called Wall Street “financial reform” bill, which is still being debated this week. I noted then that one very important amendment essential in my view was offered by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT.) His amendment mirrored a U.S. House [...]
Congress Enacts Obama Anti-Offshore Law as Part of “Jobs” Bill
Wednesday, March 24th, 2010Dear Freedom Alliance Member: Lost in all the massive media coverage of the so-called “Obama Health Care” legislation is yet another virulent attack on our liberty – the President signing into law of a “Jobs Bill” last week that contains serious new restrictions on offshore financial activity and investments by Americans. I have discussed and [...]
LEGISLATIVE ALERT 1/12/2010
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010Dear Freedom Alliance Member: This is the second of our promised Legislative Alerts concerning action in Washington, D.C. and elsewhere that could impact not only your freedom, but also your personal wealth and well-being. We welcome your comments and suggestions. Send them to thefreedomalliance@gmail.com. Yours in freedom, Congress to Act on Estate Tax Death and [...]
LEGISLATIVE ALERT – December 16, 2009
Thursday, December 31st, 2009TO: Sovereign Society Freedom Alliance Members FROM: Bob Bauman JD, Chairman Dear Freedom Alliance Member: Our thanks for joining the Freedom Alliance and for the interest and commitment this indicates on your part. This is the first of our promised Legislative Alerts concerning action in Washington, D.C. and elsewhere that could impact not only your [...]