How U.S. billionaires restructure globally to avoid the 2025 Exit Tax legally and efficiently. U.S. Exit Tax: How Billionaires Are Avoiding It Legally in 2025 The U.S. Exit Tax is one of the most punishing financial penalties in the world—triggered when covered expatriates renounce citizenship or green card status. But in 2025, billionaire families are using a set of legal, timing-based, and jurisdictional strategies to exit the U.S. tax net without bleeding wealth. 🚨 What Is the Exit Tax Exactly? The Exit Tax is essentially a capital gains tax on all your worldwide assets, as if you sold them the day before you renounced U.S. status. If your net worth is over $2 million or your average tax liability exceeds a threshold (~$190K in 2025), you’re covered. 🧩 How the Ultra-Wealthy Avoid It Asset rebasing: Moving appreciated assets into a foreign trust before expatriation Dual-entity conversion: Splitting U.S. entities into offshore IBCs through providers like StartGlobal ...