Tax
Dec. 10, 2015
IRS now has the power to revoke your passport
The right to travel seems pretty fundamental. Even constitutional cases uphold it. And yet, it is also clear that this right can be restricted and regulated/
Robert W. Wood
Managing Partner
Wood LLP
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Univ of Chicago Law School
Wood is a tax lawyer at Wood LLP, and often advises lawyers and litigants about tax issues.
The right to travel, overseas as well as domestically from state to state, seems pretty fundamental. There are even constitutional cases upholding it. And yet it is also clear that this right can be restricted and regulated.
And it now appears that one of the ways that right can be restricted starting on New Year's Day 2016 relates to your taxes. Last week, Congress and the president added a new Section 7345 to the Internal Revenue Code. Why are passport covered in the tax code, you ...
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