Financial Times - Donald Trump pledges to end double taxation for expat Americans

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Brussels-based Brandon Mitchener, executive director of Tax Fairness for Americans Abroad, an advocacy group, said: “We welcome any political support for bringing the United States into line with the global standard of residence-based taxation.”

Mitchener said there is bipartisan support to change the tax law, which dates back to the civil war, and was designed to prevent citizens fleeing to avoid paying for the war effort.

Mitchener said his organisation had received “no response” from the campaign of Democratic candidate Kamala Harris on whether it supported a change in the regulations.

“What has been lacking is political will,” he said. “It’s great news that presidential candidates and their staffs are finally talking about the issue, which makes life miserable for millions of Americans abroad.”

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