Legal experts in Canada are reporting a significant increase in US citizenship renunciation inquiries as 2025 begins, with numbers expected to surpass the spike seen after the 2017 presidential election. The surge is attributed to both tax implications of US citizenship and political concerns. The United States’ unique citizenship-based taxation system requires extensive reporting and filing obligations, including estate and gift taxes that persist even after death. The US Federal Register, which publishes quarterly lists of citizenship surrenders, has dramatically increased since 2014, jumping from a few hundred in 2005 to approximately 6,900 in 2017.
