GOOD QUESTION: Why Does Uncle Sam Hate American Expats? I was talking the other day with a former student who practices law in Germany now, and she said her tax preparer quit because of the complexities of U.S. tax law for expats. It’s also hard for Americans to get bank accounts abroad, even when they’re permanent residents of foreign countries, because of the grabbiness of U.S. law. I suggested she file a human rights complaint, since no other country does this to its citizens, and I was only half joking. . . .