As I understand it there is a 30% tax on worldwide possessions to surrender a US...

		oxo on July 31, 2008 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask YC: Where's the escape hatch? I'd like to leav... As I understand it there is a 30% tax on worldwide possessions to surrender a US passport. Apparently the Russians used to do it to Jews as they fled the border but since the cold war ended theres no reason not to copy it.