Between the 2021 tax reporting season that is still underway (most U.S. expats have until June 15 rather than an April deadline to file, of course), and President Biden's just-unveiled so-called "Green Book" of 2023 revenue proposals, there sure is a lot out there to talk about right now...
Once again, we're posting in our news section a selection of events from our regular "Listings" page, to help some of these online event sponsors and their audiences to find each other...
The Democrats Abroad, the official organization for Democratic Party members who live overseas, has launched a survey that it says is aimed at "gather[ing] the information we need to engage in legislative advocacy with the U.S. Congress and Health and Human Services Administration to expand our rights" with respect to obtaining Medicare benefits while abroad.
Don Beyer, a U.S. Democratic congressman who represents a Virginia constituency, has introduced legislation he says is aimed at making life significantly easier for American expatriates, by making it easier for them to comply with their U.S. tax obligations.
Attention, American owners of non-U.S. small businesses that are being "badly impacted by the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act's so-called GILTI tax: The Democrats Abroad want you... Or, well, they might...
The Democrats Abroad has announced that it has joined the Residence-Based Taxation Coalition, a lobbying organization launched in January with a single goal: persuading U.S. lawmakers to move the U.S. to a residence-based tax regime, like most of the rest of the world's countries have.
American expats who own their own small businesses outside of the U.S. are being strongly urged to take an online Democrats Abroad survey about their experiences under the so-called GILTI regulations that came into force in Janury, 2018 – particularly if they've found them to be burdensome – as the deadline is this Friday (Aug. 20).
The Democrats Abroad is formally seeking "clarity" from Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig about the eligibility of Americans living overseas for the newly-expanded Child Tax Credit, citing "confusion" over the matter.
Days after the IRS published details of how it was expanding an existing benefit for American parents known as the Child Tax Credit, the Democrats Abroad hosted a webinar on the subject that it said was aimed at "helping American families abroad" to access it.
On April 20, 2021, the Democrats Abroad submitted its response to the Senate Finance Committee's proposal to overhaul the U.S. international tax regime.
Below, the Democrats Abroad's response in full, as written by Julia Bryan, Global Chair of the Democrats Abroad.
In the early years of this century, a number of major media exposés reported how Homeland Americans, as well as rich people from other developed and developing countries, were making...
Mar-18-2023
