I only have 60 minutes. We're gonna go through this fairly quickly, but I think it's a pretty important topic. It's called the accidental American, and we've titled it that because from a tax point of view, Americans - we're thinking of it from a tax sense, of course - who is a tax resident in the United States. And maybe before we start, could you give us just a brief background, Laura, on your office and so Steve counts international, how that fits? No? Okay, doesn't magically turn on. I'm the office of associate chief counsel International, which is the office of chief counsel for the IRS. And we are, if anyone knows how the IRS is divided, there's sort of a commissioner's side and the enforcement side, and then the chief counsel side, which is more of the attorneys doing the legal interpretation of the tax law. And my office is responsible for writing guidance along with Treasury regulations, private letter rulings, revenue rulings, revenue procedures, things of that nature. And my... My it's divided up into several substantive areas. There's paths pastures and special industry is this corporate. There's international, which is what I'm in. And within international, it's further subdivided into areas of specialties. And my branch is responsible for US income tax treaties, transfer tax treaties, foreign trust in the state, expatriation issues, residence issues, and things of that nature, of cross-border pensions and so that's just generally kind of how it fits in the overall scheme. I hope that helps. Yes, so that's helpful to hear your background. And but Laura will still take your social security number if you're interested, even though she's a technical, I'd say more of a, you know, for the office of associate chief counsel international, they're the real...
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