EU joins fight against US tax on `accidental Americans`
(The Guardian United States)

Brussels pushes US to dilute rules on dual-nationality citizens unknowingly liable for American taxesThe EU has joined the fight against a US tax law that has put tens of thousands of British citizens at risk of having their bank accounts frozen.In a letter to the US Treasury secretary, Steve Mnuchin, the Council of the EU - the bloc´s main decision-making body - called on the US to clarify rules affecting so-called `accidental Americans`, who left the US when they were just months or years old and may have never been aware they owed American taxes. Continue reading...