Definition of resident and taxation of emigrants

Migration and international taxation of natural persons are closely interdependent matters, which determine such the questions: who is resident both in international and national tax law, how differs taxing situation if a person is resident and non-resident, how are national tax law’ conflicts solved and double taxation eliminated, what taxation systems exist worldwide, what derives a government’s right to tax its persons from, which taxation basement (citizenship or residence) is the most beneficial and corresponding for emigrants and their interests and which one meets the government’s needs the best, etc. All these mentioned and other questions are discussed and analysed in this study. The main purpose is to compare provisions of international income taxation with Lithuanian and American tax law. Attention is paid to the definition of resident, which involves the criteria of recognition of natural persons and legal persons (permanent home, centre of vital interests, habitual abode, citizenship, place of effective management, incorporation, mutual agreement procedure), dimentions of income tax regulation for emigrants. There’s not forgotten methods of examption and credit when double taxation is eliminating as well. For clearness, emigrants have a meaning of residents abroad in this study