Newsmax - Mitchener: Congress Must End Double Taxation for Americans Abroad

Opinion, by Brandon Mitchener

Earlier this summer Tax Fairness for Americans Abroad helped broker a compromise proposal for residence-based taxation, which we published on Oct. 1.

Later that month Donald Trump publicly pledged that, if elected, he would end the double taxation of Americans living abroad.

Then, on Dec. 18, Rep. Darin LaHood, R-Ill., introduced the Residence-Based Taxation for Americans Abroad Act in keeping with that campaign pledge.

Now, we have a real chance to solve a problem for the millions of Americans that has forced them to spend huge amounts in accounting fees, ruined relationships, and made it impossible for them to live normal lives

Most Americans abroad aren’t rich and don’t actually owe any U.S. taxes.

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