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[fetch rover]

Seems like Avocado isn't the only one that has issues with him. I just saw this on X.

Interesting to see this kind of thing. Also it is scary how connected social media is. Are we sure it is even the same person? Maybe a different screen name? He posted some great posts on a thread about my dog. At least he is a fellow dog lover. His compassion with his dog shined through on some posts.

Some of his posts on this website made me think there are some issues. My husband read some of his posts about how he was declaring so little and he just said "oh boy". Almost as if this is the outcome he wanted. Repeatedly harassing several members of this forum.

Boy you are right about that

My husband works in financial department for a large company. He read the train wreck of all of this playing out. I wouldn't wish IRS issues on my worst enemy.

 

[earlyretirement]

Boy you are right about that

As someone who has gotten audited by the IRS (3 times) and survived I will say that they do NOT mess around. I always tell people the USA is the BEST country in the world by a long shot. I'm very proud to be American. I feel fortunate that my parents immigrated to the USA and I was born in the USA. I'm very proud to be American. 2 out of my 3 kids although they were born in Argentina and have Argentine passports. they are very proud and thankful to be American. I always say LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT.

If you leave it that is your choice. Say what you want about the USA, it's the best country on Earth. No country even comes close. Personally I hate paying taxes but the sad reality is that taxes are a necessity. I own properties in several countries and I pay a lot of taxes in each country that I have permanent residency in.

One thing is clear @earlyretirement if there really is a story in the Argentina media about an American that gets deported from Argentina because he openly bragged on your website about cheating on how low he declared on his house purchase and then bragged about how he cheats on his American taxes, something tells me ExpatsBA is about ready to become famous!

Never even occurred to me but I guess you are right. I have already given @Avocado my 2 cents that I don't think this is a desirable outcome for anyone, least of which @StatusNomadicus who by all accounts is a nice guy. I spoke to him on the phone and a really intelligent and nice guy. I don't know him from Adam but in all my interactions, a nice guy. I still don't think he understands Argentina too well. I have watched people that have lived here for decades give him advice which he brushes off. That is his prerogative but I think any bad outcome that may come his way, he is partially to blame.

I would still say that it's best to just get this situation resolved. It may be past the point of no return but according to @Avocado no apology was offered which seems crazy to me. To each his own.

 

[Nasdaq]

I hope this gets resolved. I love this forum. I mostly lurk probably like most and don't post much. This situation is an eye opener on the dangers of posting too much information online. I am not sure why you would want to post you are cheating on taxes.

 

[JonJLA]

I would hate to see anyone get deported from any country that they were living in legally. It seems like he made an effort to get legal here. I am not sure why he would openly admit to breaking the law buying his property. I read a post where people warned him what he was doing was not normal declaring so low and he kept arguing he was right. Probably not the brightest if he is posting how he is evading taxes in the USA either. Still think he doesn't deserve to be deported and even worse if the media got ahold of the story. It would not end well for him in the USA. If there is one thing the IRS doesn't stand for is people that evade taxes and then brag about it online.

It is crazy that a post like this even would need to be made. I posted on the old forum for 12 years under a different user name. I found out about that site from Mike who always told me he posted there. I have been a client of his since 2005. Anyone that knows Mike or worked with him will tell you he is the most patient guy you could ever meet. I don't know anyone that loves Argentina more than him.

The fact that he created this forum was from reaching a certain threshold of patience. Since he left the old forum it is totally dead. Many of the old members have probably died, moved out of Argentina or just don't post anymore since it is so dead. I am mostly a lurker on this site. I probably should participate more and plan to once I retire and move down to Buenos Aires in the next 4 years.

The IRS is not to be messed with. Forget about worrying about AFIP or Argentina. I would think that is the least of this guy's worries. Everyone in Argentina is probably in the black a little. But it's not a stretch for the IRS to figure out who this guy is. I doubt there are too many Americans that purchased properties in Mendoza. My friend had a property for sale and it took her 5 years to sell it. Seriously doubt there are many transactions there.

Avocado I agree with the others just let this slide. Has @StatusNomadicus apologized? I would give him the opportunity to just send you a message and apologize and move on. I am not sure if you presented him with that option but it would be good for everyone involved. I can't imagine a scenario where an American gets deported from Argentina and the press picking up on it and not creating serious problems not only for this person but their entire family.

I read where @StatusNomadicus served in the military and you should seriously consider dropping this before it gets out of control. @StatusNomadicus just apologize and put this to bed.

 

[Avocado]

Interesting to see this kind of thing. Also it is scary how connected social media is. Are we sure it is even the same person? Maybe a different screen name? He posted some great posts on a thread about my dog. At least he is a fellow dog lover. His compassion with his dog shined through on some posts.

Some of his posts on this website made me think there are some issues. My husband read some of his posts about how he was declaring so little and he just said "oh boy". Almost as if this is the outcome he wanted. Repeatedly harassing several members of this forum.

My husband works in financial department for a large company. He read the train wreck of all of this playing out. I wouldn't wish IRS issues on my worst enemy.

It is the same person! I saw many posts that he made and also he posted references to ExpatsBA and his own posts. I am sure it is the same person and great to see people complaining about him on X too.

Never even occurred to me but I guess you are right. I have already given @Avocado my 2 cents that I don't think this is a desirable outcome for anyone, least of which @StatusNomadicus who by all accounts is a nice guy. I spoke to him on the phone and a really intelligent and nice guy. I don't know him from Adam but in all my interactions, a nice guy. I still don't think he understands Argentina too well. I have watched people that have lived here for decades give him advice which he brushes off. That is his prerogative but I think any bad outcome that may come his way, he is partially to blame.

But how someone so smart do something so stupid??

He pushed me and pushed me to my limit.

It is crazy that a post like this even would need to be made. I posted on the old forum for 12 years under a different user name. I found out about that site from Mike who always told me he posted there. I have been a client of his since 2005. Anyone that knows Mike or worked with him will tell you he is the most patient guy you could ever meet. I don't know anyone that loves Argentina more than him.

The fact that he created this forum was from reaching a certain threshold of patience. Since he left the old forum it is totally dead. Many of the old members have probably died, moved out of Argentina or just don't post anymore since it is so dead. I am mostly a lurker on this site. I probably should participate more and plan to once I retire and move down to Buenos Aires in the next 4 years.

The IRS is not to be messed with. Forget about worrying about AFIP or Argentina. I would think that is the least of this guy's worries. Everyone in Argentina is probably in the black a little. But it's not a stretch for the IRS to figure out who this guy is. I doubt there are too many Americans that purchased properties in Mendoza. My friend had a property for sale and it took her 5 years to sell it. Seriously doubt there are many transactions there.

Avocado I agree with the others just let this slide. Has @StatusNomadicus apologized? I would give him the opportunity to just send you a message and apologize and move on. I am not sure if you presented him with that option but it would be good for everyone involved. I can't imagine a scenario where an American gets deported from Argentina and the press picking up on it and not creating serious problems not only for this person but their entire family.

I read where @StatusNomadicus served in the military and you should seriously consider dropping this before it gets out of control. @StatusNomadicus just apologize and put this to bed.

Is true he was in military? He put he was only a police man. Maybe corrupt? Imagine if he acts like this how he act when he in official police? I told him before just apologize and do not do it again and he continue on. I will give one chance and if he apologize I will tell my cousin to stop it. If he serve in military for his country that mean something to me. But I need promise from him he stop harassing people.

 

[Opera Fan]

LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT.

Sounds like he did leave it. ˆIf someone gets deported, does the country ship them back to their original country they are from? How does that work?

Can you chose to get deported to another country? Or will he be forced back to the USA?

 

[Johnny]

Boy you are right about that

I am a Senior VP for one of the USA's largest banks. I can promise you that this is correct. Nothing the IRS likes more than to make an example of someone sticking it to them.

 

[Albany]

Seems like Avocado isn't the only one that has issues with him. I just saw this on X.

You would have to be a complete moron to get kicked off or banned from a free Buenos Aires expats website. 🤣🤣

 

[LongIslander]

Seems like Avocado isn't the only one that has issues with him. I just saw this on X.

Long time follower of this forum since it first started and I formally posted on the old forum but long since stopped. I had posts deleted/edited over the years. @StatusNomadicus lost me a while back when he tried to say there was no inflation in Argentina over the past 18 months. That is just nonsense. All of my bills have gone up both in pesos and dollars. Healthcare, monthly administrative bills, utilities. My friends that have kids in school complain each month.

Sure inflation is slowing down but laughable for someone to argue wasn't inflation. Hell even the "official inflation" which is probably fake is 3% a month. or 35% a year.

I read repeated posts where you got bullied over and over. I respected you for just ignoring him. Personally don't think you should get involved with being part of him getting deported even though he probably deserves it. I like many of his posts and they are helpful. Part of me thought he was just a troll and did not live in Argentina but that doesn't seem like it's the case.


I would hate to see anyone get deported from any country that they were living in legally. It seems like he made an effort to get legal here. I am not sure why he would openly admit to breaking the law buying his property. I read a post where people warned him what he was doing was not normal declaring so low and he kept arguing he was right. Probably not the brightest if he is posting how he is evading taxes in the USA either. Still think he doesn't deserve to be deported and even worse if the media got ahold of the story. It would not end well for him in the USA. If there is one thing the IRS doesn't stand for is people that evade taxes and then brag about it online.

The guy has only been in Argentina a year and he thinks he is some expert on Argentina. Have no idea why you would want to admit online you are a tax dodger in the USA. Seems like he was proud of that fact. Oh well hopefully this dispute gets settled but I have to admit this is funny to watch. I remember a few posts where he was convinced that crypto transactions were going to be common for real estate transactions.

 

[julia_en_ruta]

Long time follower of this forum since it first started and I formally posted on the old forum but long since stopped. I had posts deleted/edited over the years. @StatusNomadicus lost me a while back when he tried to say there was no inflation in Argentina over the past 18 months. That is just nonsense. All of my bills have gone up both in pesos and dollars. Healthcare, monthly administrative bills, utilities. My friends that have kids in school complain each month.

Sure inflation is slowing down but laughable for someone to argue wasn't inflation. Hell even the "official inflation" which is probably fake is 3% a month. or 35% a year.


The guy has only been in Argentina a year and he thinks he is some expert on Argentina. Have no idea why you would want to admit online you are a tax dodger in the USA. Seems like he was proud of that fact. Oh well hopefully this dispute gets settled but I have to admit this is funny to watch. I remember a few posts where he was convinced that crypto transactions were going to be common for real estate transactions.

I have seen plenty of these know it all types in Argentina over the past decade here. They come to Argentina and all of a sudden think they know it all. Funny seeing him block anyone on X that disagrees with him. Even people he didn't interact with. Says it all about him.

 

[Rich One]

I've been extremely busy the past week working and traveling in Argentina and Brazil. Fortunately 99% of this forum is polite people that willingly share information. I created this forum because the old forum had too much moderating and the owner, Igor was deleting posts that he disagreed with. I don't want to have to do that.

I am disappointed to see some threads where members are arguing with one another about senseless things. I am getting a lot of complaints about certain forum members that create problems and constantly call names to others. This was not what this forum was intended for. I also saw an incident of someone exposing another person's name. That is also not allowed in this forum.

I would recommend members on this forum limit information about themselves and any activities they may be doing in Argentina illegally. I am moving to a system where I won't delete any posts at all even if requested as it would change the continuity of the responses. So there will be no way to delete your old posts. I suggest if you aren't comfortable with this, you leave this forum and stop posting.

We routinely get about 50 people a day that try to join the forum and 99% show up on some spam filter so we don't allow them. There are a lot of people trying to cause chaos and problems on this forum which we try to prevent. This is a forum that I spend money on each month all to share information.

If you can't follow the Golden Rule of treating someone how you want to be treated, then please exit the forum. This is basic common sense. Posting on this forum isn't a right. It's a privilege so you better start acting like it.

I want to thank all of you in advance for taking the time to share and consume knowledge about Buenos Aires. ALL members are welcome and you do NOT have to be an expat. In fact, I encourage locals to participate. I don't consider myself an Expat. I consider myself a local.

Thanks.

Long time poster on the old forum. Thanks for creating this site. Mostly in lurker mode but glad to see you keeping this site to high standards. Don't let this forum go to sh*t like the old forum.

 

[citygirl]

Long time poster on the old forum. Thanks for creating this site. Mostly in lurker mode but glad to see you keeping this site to high standards. Don't let this forum go to sh*t like the old forum.

Sounds like he did leave it. ˆIf someone gets deported, does the country ship them back to their original country they are from? How does that work?

Can you chose to get deported to another country? Or will he be forced back to the USA?

Finally got out of lurker mode. Great website. Nice community here. Love the layout of this website. Agree about not letting this forum go down like the other. I actually like that there is no moderating here unless things get crazy. Been interesting to watch this play out.

If you get deported you will typically get deported to where your passport or travel documents are from. I don't know if he has permanent residency status in another country but if so or another passport you can probably negotiate to get deported there instead. Probably a good idea for him to start talking to an immigration now to prepare for it.

 

[Gringoboy]

Seems like Avocado isn't the only one that has issues with him. I just saw this on X.

This is hilarious because I remember he posted something about the old forum being an echo chamber. I posted on the old forum a long time. Igor was deleted posts that didn't follow his way of thinking.

@StatusNomadicus came here and judging from these posts on X blocks anyone that doesn't think like him. Even people that didn't engage with him. He comes on this forum and tells locals not to post and calls them communists. Thinks he knows everything.

Funny if you think about he will get deported from Argentina and possibly have issues with the IRS. Fitting end.

 

[Blockchain]

This is hilarious because I remember he posted something about the old forum being an echo chamber. I posted on the old forum a long time. Igor was deleted posts that didn't follow his way of thinking.

@StatusNomadicus came here and judging from these posts on X blocks anyone that doesn't think like him. Even people that didn't engage with him. He comes on this forum and tells locals not to post and calls them communists. Thinks he knows everything.

Funny if you think about he will get deported from Argentina and possibly have issues with the IRS. Fitting end.

Disagree about it being funny to have problems with the IRS. That isn't an agency you want to have issues with. It sounds like he fled the USA so at least he left the the country but don't think people should wish any problems. Yes some of his posts went overboard but nothing worth getting deported over or having problems with the IRS.

 

[nikad]

Thank you for providing a great resource on Buenos Aires.