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First American pope elected and will be known as Pope Leo XIV

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606 points saikatsg | 2 comments | 08 May 25 16:30 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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seydor ◴[08 May 25 18:22 UTC] No.43929489[source]▶
Will he be taxed on his foreign Papal salary? Or will he forego the salary , like Francis did?
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devrandoom ◴[08 May 25 18:25 UTC] No.43929532[source]▶
If he is taxed, he should renounce US citizenship as he's very unlike to move back to the US.
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codethief ◴[08 May 25 18:46 UTC] No.43929818[source]▶
Notably, in that case he might end up no longer being able to enter the US at all: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reed_Amendment_(immigration)
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1. jkaplowitz ◴[08 May 25 20:05 UTC] No.43930733[source]▶
That would only apply if he were to renounce for the purpose of avoiding taxation, as opposed to for the purpose of having his sole allegiance be that of the city-state and the church over which he rules, or for the purpose of having diplomatic immunity during visits to the US.
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2. codethief ◴[10 May 25 18:10 UTC] No.43947665[source]▶
> if he were to renounce for the purpose of avoiding taxation

That was indeed the premise of the comment I was responding to.