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March 07, 2021

Dems Abroad appeals to Sec Yellen for improvements to pandemic aid delivery to Americans abroad

In line with the Democrats Abroad 2020 outreach to Treasury Sec Mnuchin and IRS Commissioner Rettig regarding the delivery of pandemic relief to Americans abroad, and with the American Rescue......
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February 16, 2021

Pandemic Aid Update: IRS announces all stimulus payments have been issued. Now what?

The IRS announced on 16 February 2021 that all first and second round Economic Impact Payments (EIP) have now been issued.*  Get My Payment, the online IRS platform for taxpayers to......
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February 11, 2021

Jan/Feb 2021 Updates on DA Tax Advocacy Work

These are updates from the Democrats Abroad Taxation Task Force on our work advocating for relief for Americans abroad from U.S. taxation and financial account reporting. In 2021 we will......
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February 10, 2021

Received a US Govt stimulus check and not sure how to cash it? Try these steps

**Update** PayPal is now allowing you to deposit your stimulus check for free with a US PayPal account. This requires setting up a free PayPal account but you need to......
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February 02, 2021

Americans Abroad and the $600 Economic Stimulus Payment

Here is the recording of the webinar we hosted on how to obtain the $600 stimulus payment as an American abroad.   Click here to download the slides from the......
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January 02, 2021

Democrats Abroad Tax Advocacy Year in Review - 2020

When we turned our calendars to welcome in 2020 we looked forward to the challenging and exciting year of the most important presidential election of our lifetime.  Little did we......
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December 03, 2020

DemsAbroad speaking to lawmakers next week about CARES Act Aid research on Americans abroad

Further to the publication of our October research into the experience of Americans abroad access the aid in the 2020 Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act Democrats Abroad......
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November 29, 2020

Dems Abroad publishes Americans Abroad and CARES Act Aid Research and Recommendations

Democrats Abroad is pleased to present our research on the experience of Americans Abroad access the aid programs in the CARES Act.  Click here to download the report,  here for the......
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October 13, 2020

CARES Act and Americans Abroad research project - SURVEY NOW CLOSED

THANK YOU to all who made submissions to this research into the experience of Americans abroad accessing the aid in the CARES Act.  A mighty 4,363 Americans abroad participated in......
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September 07, 2020

An Executive Order that might materially reduce the harm of US tax on Americans abroad

We note this  letter to White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows requesting Trump sign an Executive Order implementing a range of reforms to provide regulatory relief for Americans abroad.......
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