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The US is the only developed nation that taxes its citizens on overseas income earned while they live abroad. This system is complicated, inefficient, and causes uncertainty for ordinary Americans living outside the US. Democrats Abroad favors Residency Based Taxation because it is a simpler, fairer, and more efficient system.
A litany of Internal Revenue Code provisions discriminate against Americans abroad because the impact on them was not or not fully considered prior to implementation. As a result, many low and middle income Americans living outside the U.S. have been double taxed on income they and their families rely on to make ends meet. Adding insult to injury, these ordinary, hard working Americans, even those that earn very little income, are burdened not only with increasingly complex and costly forms and filings, we are also obliged to submit reports on our foreign accounts and other financial assets. For these reason, Democrats Abroad has supported Residency Based Taxation since our inception. It has been a high priority in our Platforms and on Capitol Hill during our Congressional Door Knocks.
Now that Congress is planning to introduce a comprehensive tax reform package the time is right for all aggrieved non-resident Americans to raise their voices and be heard on this matter. Democrats Abroad advocates for a system of Residency Based Taxation that introduces fundamental, common-sense reform while protecting American values of fairness and responsibility.
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