It's so interesting that everybody here is talking about tax laws. Some are talking about tax fraud. Squatz1 is the only one that mentioned anything about a country, when he said "Americans". Don't you guys realize that every country has it's own laws? There are actually countries with no capital gains taxes. I think it's key to point out what country you're talking about when you start talking about laws. Of course all governments would love to have some more money, but they can't lose something they never had.