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UPDATED January 2026

Introducing the Lesperance US Expatriation Report

We bring our thirty years of experience of the US expatritaion process to analyse the latest figures from the US Quarterly Publication of Individuals Who Have Chosen to Expatriate List.

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As one of the world’s leading practitioners in the areas of citizenship and international tax law, our opinion and expertise has often been sought out by the media. Read our  latest media mentions below:

China's Tax Changes Leave Rich Rethinking Wealth Planning
China Targets Ultra-Rich with Global Tax Crackdown on Overseas Assets, Some Cases Traced Back Over 25 Years
China Intensifies Global Tax Hunt as Beijing Targets Overseas Wealth
China launches global tax hunt going back decades
Britain’s Millionaire Count Drops 59% in 4 Years
The Rise of the ‘Backup Passport’: Why More Canadians Are Seeking a Second Citizenship
HNW Americans are protecting themselves from a wealth tax ‘wildfire
EXCLUSIVE: Chamath Palihapitiya Says He'll Pay and Jensen Huang Says Stay as California's Billionaire Tax
Ultrawealthy Second Passport Demand Surges as California Wealth Tax Looms
#19 - David Lesperance - Taxing the Rich - The Economic Podcast for Gen Z | Podcast on Spotify
Britain poised to lose billions in tax revenue if Andy Burnham progresses with a £38bn tax raid on the super-rich
My clients are ready to pull the trigger': Britain's super-rich prepare to flee over fears of Burnham tax raids
Lawyer: Billionaire tax could cost California $1 trillion | California
The global rich like Peter Thiel are eyeing the exit door. Argentina wants to be a ‘serious contender’ in the migration game
A wealth tax in America? Not if Silicon Valley’s billionaires have their way
Super-Rich Plan UK Exit Over Potential Ed Miliband Treasury Appointment
Wealthy Americans Rush for Dual Citizenship as Queries Jump 183%
News Politics Super-rich plan to flee Britain if Ed Miliband becomes Andy Burnham's Chancellor
Burnham warned against raising taxes
Wealthy planning to emigrate if Miliband becomes chancellor
Here's how the ultrawealthy are getting citizenship abroad as 'insurance' against wealth taxes
#19 - David Lesperance - Taxing the Rich - The Economic Podcast for Gen Z | Podcast on Spotify
How do you solve a problem like Chancellor Miliband?
US Supreme Court Upholds Birthright Citizenship, Voids Trump Order
Mastermind behind California billionaires tax makes absurd claim: ‘Entirely fabricated’
City of London Braces for Burnham Government’s Chancellor Pick
The California billionaire tax is headed to the ballot. The ultrawealthy are bracing for what comes next.
ECB Influence Questioned In Binance Licensing Debate
Why California's Billionaire's Tax is 'spooking' its millionaires now
Remote working during war ‘may have breached’ UK tax rules
California millionaires hatch escape plans over fears the billionaire tax won’t stop at ultra-rich: wealth guru
Binance’s MiCA fight raises questions over ECB influence
Why billionaires are finally waking up to California politics
Do Americans really know how much the world hates us?
Billionaire Chamath Palihapitiya warns California's billionaire tax could hit the middle class with penalties for undervaluing what they own
Details of NYC’s Second-Home Tax Are Out. Who Pays and How Much?
Britain's in the middle of a 'taxodus' & it's not just the super rich - wealth-destroying Labour should be reeling
How to live like a Rich Lister in a tax haven
Billionaires are abandoning Britain — this is what it means
Inside the Trump ‘Gold Card’: Here’s what to know
Sergey Brin confronted Gavin Newsom — then launched a political war
California's billionaire tax just got 1.5M petition signatures — and Chamath Palihapitiya warns the middle class is next
California's Wealth Tax Plan Fuels UHNW Anxiety
California wealth tax push nears ballot as opposition spending grows
California’s 5% Billionaire Tax Clears Signature Threshold, Heads to November Ballot
Billionaire tax proposal in California is on track to qualify for the ballot, backers say
Google co-founder Sergey Brin confronted Gavin Newsom — then launched a political war
Trump Administration Drafting Order to Require Citizenship Proof for US Bank Accounts
Establishing a Swiss Tax Home: Immigration and Tax Issues
Establishing a Swiss Tax Home: Immigration and Tax Issues
Business London’s Business Community Turns Up the Heat on Labour Over Controversial Tax Decision
Washington State Legislature Passes 9.9% Millionaire Tax; Bill Awaits Governor’s Signature
UK expats seeking to escape Iran conflict risk raising tax liability
American billionaires prepare for ‘tax the rich’ wildfire
Crypto Billionaire’s ‘Destiny’ Project Tests Saint Kitts and Nevis’ Federal Limits
Switzerland as a Destination for U.S., UK & French Taxpayers
We Are Out of Here: Temporary or Permanent Relocation options from the US, UK and elsewhere?
How It Really Works: The California Billionaire Wealth Tax
Tax the Rich. Why That Chant Is Louder Than Ever.
Rich people are leaving California, inspired by tech founders' online campaign
Could California ‘billionaire tax’ really devastate Silicon Valley
US Demands Access to EU Citizens’ Fingerprints and Political Data; Brussels Prepares to Comply
Peter Thiel opens Miami office as California billionaires threaten to flee over $1.2B wealth tax Created on: 1 January 2026
Inside the billionaire enclaves just out of reach of CA’s wealth tax
Some Super Wealthy Just Want to Be Taxed. Others Are Pushing Back.
Tax advisers help billionaires exit California ahead of wealth levy vote
Billionaire tax proposal roils Bay Area havens, divides politicians
Non-doms are descending on Milan – and getting a divorce
How tech billionaires spurred an exodus of rich people from California
California Billionaires: 'Get Me the Hell Out of Here'
US Freezes Immigrant Visas for 75 Countries, Including 10 CBI Jurisdictions
Who’s leaving, who’s staying: The SF Standard’s billionaire tax tracker
Meet the Fixer Helping Billionaires Flee California
‘Tax-the-rich wildfire’: the billionaires fleeing California
Peter Thiel donates $3 million to lobbying group fighting CA’s billionaire tax
Billionaires flee California as 5% wealth tax ballot measure looms
Peter Thiel Leads Billionaire Departure Amid Looming California Wealth Tax
Report: Billionaires mull leaving Calif. over proposed ‘wealth tax’
Billionaires Flee California Amid Proposed Wealth Tax
Billionaires Are Exiting California Ahead of a Possible New Wealth Tax
Americans spruik life 'down under'
What the 'I'm an American living in Australia' Instagram and TikTok trend reveals about both countries
Billionaires Are Ramping Up Their California Exits on Threat of Wealth Tax
Wealth tax threat prompts at least six billionaires to cut ties with California, as about 20 more mull exit: report
Larry Ellison quietly sells San Fran mansion for $45 million in city’s biggest sale — as billionaire tax fears loom
Peter Thiel opens Miami office as California billionaires threaten to flee over $1.2B wealth tax
200 billionaires plot California escape before $100B wealth tax locks in
How one policy could cost Larry Page $12.8 bn – Inside California’s Billionaire Tax Act
Peter Thiel opens Miami office as California billionaires prepare to flee over wealth tax
Will California Commit Economic Suicide?
Billionaires Mull Fleeing CA Over Proposed Tax On Ultrawealthy: Reports
Forget California, billionaires could leave the US entirely amid wealth tax talk
Wealth tax debate heats up as some California billionaires reportedly leave
A new push in California has these tech titans looking for the exit
Google co-founder, Peter Thiel among billionaires threatening to bolt from California over tax that would siphon their wealth: report
Will billionaires really leave California? Why wealth tax backers aren’t worried
California Might Tax Billionaires. Cue the Inevitable Tech Billionaire Tantrum
Billionaires plotting to flee California over proposed super wealth tax
First the millionaires, now the billionaires: Fears for Britain's next great exodus
California’s billionaires may have 2 choices in 2026: Leave the state or pay $50 million or more

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