The Democrats Abroad Taxation Task Force visited Congressional offices in Washington D.C. from October 20-24 to continue conversations on tax reform for Americans abroad. This report serves as a summary of the meetings attended.
Overall achievements from the door knock included:
- 44 meetings over 5 days
- 26 Democratic offices
- 17 Republican offices
- 20 House offices
- 24 Senate offices
- 1 non-Congressional meeting
Top issues for discussion included:
- Residency Based Taxation
- GILTI
- Combining FBAR & FATCA reporting
- Non-US Pensions tax and reporting treatment
Highlights from the tax door knock include:
- Garnering support for a GILTI exclusion for American abroad small business owners.
- Identifying Democratic co-sponsors for the Residence-Based Taxation for Americans Abroad Act.
- Ongoing discussions on combining FBAR & FATCA reporting
- We delivered nearly 100 constituent tax horror stories to Congressional offices on behalf of DA members
- Given the government shut down, a number of meetings were cancelled but we were also able to pick up additional meetings throughout the week and follow-up virtual meetings after the in-person door knock.
The Taxation Task Force is in ongoing conversations and work on progressing tax legislation for Americans abroad.
Pictures from meetings appear below:
Democrats Abroad Taxation Task Force meeting with Senator Tim Kaine's office (VA)
Democrats Abroad Taxation Task Force meeting with Rep. Steven Horsford's office (NV-04)
Democrats Abroad Taxation Task Force meeting with Senator Adam Schiff's office (CA)
Democrats Abroad Taxation Task Force meeting with the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions office
5 things you can do to help us fix the tax and financial access issues for Americans abroad:
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- Register to vote at votefromabroad.org starting on January 1, 2026 and cast your ballot in 2026 elections.
- Sign up for the Taxation Task Force mailing list, bookmark our emails from [email protected], and take action everytime we email you. (We don't send emails unless absolutely necessary, so it's worth reading when we do email you!)
- Ask your House rep to co-sponsor the Residence-Based Taxation for Americans Abroad Act when it is reintroduced this year instructions here.
- Ask your House rep to join the Americans Abroad Caucus.