Eduardo Saverin's plan to renounce his American citizenship to save millions in taxes is getting more complicated: a pair of lawmakers want to tax Saverin even if he flees to Singapore and then bar him from ever returning to the United States.
Are you done feeling sorry for shafted Facebook founder-turned-Singaporean resident Eduardo Saverin? By renouncing his U.S. citizenship, the new non-American will save at least $67 million in taxes from Facebook's IPO.
Eduardo Savarin, the shafted founder of Facebook we all got to know via Andrew Garfield's portrayal in The Social Network, is living quite the lavish life as a pseudo-celebrity in Singapore.
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