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DemsAbroad Action Items for Tax Reform Activists on 15 June - International Tax Filing Day

Tax reform will happen when enough Americans abroad reach out to their members of Congress and demand it — that’s why we’re asking for your help. We’ve prepared three tax action items for the......

DemsAbroad Warns Treasury That FATCA Pain Will Grow With Reporting Expansion

Democrats Abroad has written to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig about the proposal included, amongst many other measures, in the American Familes Plan Tax Compliance Agenda,......

DemsAbroad Raises Critical Child Tax Credit Questions with the Treasury Secretary and IRS Commissioner

Further to perplexing advice about the Advanced Child Tax Credit published last week by the IRS, Democrats Abroad has written to the Treasury Secretary and IRS Commissioner seeking clarification about eligibility......

Democrats Abroad asks House Tax Subcommittee to remember Americans Abroad in New Policy

On Wednesday May 12 the House of Representatives Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures (the key tax writing subcommittee of the House Ways and Means Committee) held a hearing on Funding......

Democrats Abroad urges the Senate to Protect and Support Americans Abroad in Closing the Tax Gap

Democrats Abroad has published a submission in response to the Senate "Closing the Tax Gap: Lost Revenue from Non-Compliance and the Role of Offshore Tax Evasion" hearing. Our submission references our research on......

DemsAbroad Tax Reform Recommendations for the Biden Agenda

Democrats Abroad has published a submission in response to the Senate "Creating Opportunities Through a Fairer Tax Code" hearing. Our submission outlines our tax reform priorities and recommendations for inclusion......

DemsAbroad Sends FinCEN Recommendations for Updates to Foreign Financial Account Reporting

Democrats Abroad has published a submission in response to an invitation from the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network to provide comment on the introduction of the new beneficial ownership reporting requirement......

Your Representative Belongs in the Congressional Americans Abroad Caucus. Ask them to join TODAY!

Having a Congress that understands and supports the Americans abroad community is essential to building critical Congressional support for our reform recommendations. That's why we are working to increase membership......

American Rescue Plan stimulus payments are STILL GOING OUT! More information here.

On Friday 23 April the IRS published a bulletin describing the 2 million payments they distributed in the 6th batch of Economic Impact Payments (EIPs) from the American Rescue Plan......

Democrats Abroad Response to Senate Finance Committee proposal to overhaul international taxation

Democrats Abroad has published a submission to the Senate Finance Committee in response to its proposal "Overhauling International Taxation". In our submission we make the case for reforming the way......