Further to our report from last week, we are delighted that Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD08), a former member of Democrats Abroad-France, has responded to our request to provide a submission to the June 4 House Ways & Means Committee Members' Day Hearing about the urgent need for expat tax reform. We send our sincere thanks to the Congressman for his on-going support for our community and for legislation to address the serious personal and financial harm we suffer due to citizenship-based taxation. Click here to read Rep. Raskin's submission.
As you will know from DA's previous tax advocacy reports, we now have a bi-partisan team from the House Ways and Means Committee working on the development of a proposal to enact residency-based taxation. But there's much more work to do to persuade the other 40 members of that committee that this reform is urgently needed and can be sensibly implemented. We continue our outreach to those important members, educating them on the harm citizenship based taxation causes ordinary, middle-class American families and persuading them to act urgently on our behalf.
We are counting on all Americans abroad supporting residency-based taxation to reach out to their elected representatives and reinforce our work. Please call, write or message your members in Congress and tell your personal story about why a switch to residency based taxation is so important to you. If you have trouble getting started then please refer to this guide to find your representatives and to add your voice to the cause. It's imperative that members across Congress, in both houses, on all committees and of all political stripes hear from their overseas constituents about the urgent need for a switch to residency based taxation.
Thanks for your help. Please contact us on [email protected] with comments or questions.
Democrats Abroad Taxation Task Force