Brandon Mitchener

The midterms have changed Congress, but our fight to end double taxation of Americans abroad remains on track! Democrats will control both the House and Senate in January. Meanwhile, Rep. Darin LaHood, who introduced the Residence-Based Taxation for Americans Abroad Act, has won reelection, and Sen. Todd Young remains a key supporter in the Senate. Read and share our post-election update: taxfairnessabroad.pulse.ly/e… Our bill is not starting from scratch. We have spent years working with congressional offices on both sides of the aisle, and the stories you have shared show lawmakers from both parties what citizenship-based taxation costs ordinary Americans abroad. As the new Congress takes shape, we will continue working across party lines to advance residence-based taxation. The election is behind us. The work ahead is the same, and we are ready for it! #TaxFairnessNow #ResidenceBasedTaxation #CBT #AmericansAbroad #TaxReform

If you are an American abroad and this story resonates with you, please SHARE this post with American friends and family and help us change the U.S. tax laws that saddle us with double taxation! Visit our website to learn more about our campaign, donate, share your own story and volunteer to help us win. We are 100% donation-funded and volunteer-run. taxfairnessabroad.org/help

Meet Michele in Australia. She moved from Florida 40 years ago and has diligently filed U.S. tax returns ever since. Now, at 68, she and her 76-year-old Australian spouse should be able to enjoy their retirement years together. Instead, conflicting advice about U.S. taxation of Australian superannuation, inheritance and retirement distributions has left Michele in financial uncertainty. She has spent thousands of dollars seeking answers and recently exchanged 25 emails with her U.S. CPA, starting at 4 a.m. before her filing deadline. Read and share Michele's story: taxfairnessabroad.pulse.ly/f… Before she can even begin drawing from her Australian retirement account, Michele is still trying to establish what the IRS expects of her. After four decades of compliance, she wonders why she cannot get definitive answers. Americans abroad should not have to spend our retirement years paying thousands for conflicting advice and living in fear of the next U.S. tax complication. We need residence-based taxation so families like Michele's can enjoy the retirement they have spent decades working toward. @RepLaHood @SenToddYoung @YourVoiceAtIRS @WaysandMeansGOP @SenateFinance @DemsAbroad @SEATNow_org @USAccidental @FAWCO @ExpatriationLaw @FixTheTaxTreaty @TAPInternation @taxreformer @NTU @NTUF @Protectaxpayers @defpriorities @repdinatitus @RepDonBeyer @RepJasonSmith @RepRichardNeal @TaxNotes @AmExpatFinance #TaxFairnessNow #ResidenceBasedTaxation #CBT #FBAR #Superannuation #TaxReform

This week, the U.S. Treasury published its latest, tragic list of people who gave up U.S. citizenship or long-term residence. It names 1,331 people for the third quarter. Since January, 4,574 names have appeared on these lists, 16% more than over the same period of 2025 and more than in 2024. You have to go back to 2020 to find a higher nine-month total: 2026 ranks second since 2008. @WaysMeansCmte @WaysandMeansGOP @SenFinance @SenateFinance @YourVoiceAtIRS @RepLaHood @SenToddYoung #taxfairnessnow #expats #taxation #Congress #FBAR #FATCA #GILTI #PFICs Read our full statement here: taxfairnessabroad.pulse.ly/o…

If you are an American abroad and this story resonates with you, please SHARE this post with American friends and family and help us change the U.S. tax laws that saddle us with double taxation! Visit our website to learn more about our campaign, donate, share your own story and volunteer to help us win. We are 100% donation-funded and volunteer-run. taxfairnessabroad.org/help

Meet Roy in France. He was recruited there more than 30 years ago for a technology job, met his French wife, started a family and built a middle-class life while staying connected to the United States. But U.S. tax compliance has made ordinary family decisions expensive and complicated. Read and share Roy’s story: taxfairnessabroad.pulse.ly/z… His family’s French SCI, a common structure used to hold real estate and help pass property to children, became a U.S. reporting problem. Roy says he paid a U.S. tax attorney $5,000 for advice and was told keeping it would require Form 8865 filings costing about $2,500 every year. Now his children, who also have U.S. citizenship, are starting their adult financial lives abroad. Roy says he actively discourages them from opening certain accounts or starting businesses because of possible U.S. tax compliance consequences. Americans abroad should be able to build families, own property, start businesses and help our children begin their lives without being penalized for living outside the United States. @RepLaHood @SenToddYoung @YourVoiceAtIRS @WaysandMeansGOP @SenateFinance @DemsAbroad @SEATNow_org @ExpatriationLaw @FixTheTaxTreaty @TAPInternation @taxreformer @NTU @NTUF @Protectaxpayers @defpriorities @repdinatitus @RepDonBeyer @RepJasonSmith @RepRichardNeal @TaxNotes @AmExpatFinance #TaxFairnessNow #ResidenceBasedTaxation #CBT #Form8865 #AmericansAbroad #TaxReform

One week go to, folks. The best thing is, the bill on which we've been working for the past two years has been designed in a bipartisan spirit. So we're fine with however the elections turn out -- as long as the candidates support some form of residence-based taxation!

If you are an American abroad and this story resonates with you, please SHARE this post with American friends and family and help us change the U.S. tax laws that saddle us with double taxation! Visit our website to learn more about our campaign, donate, share your own story and volunteer to help us win. We are 100% donation-funded and volunteer-run. taxfairnessabroad.org/help

Meet Alex in the United Kingdom. Dual citizenship was supposed to give her more freedom and more choices about where she could live. Instead, her U.S. citizenship has become a tax trap that has cost her jobs, bank accounts, life opportunities and thousands of pounds in professional fees, even though the most U.S. tax she has ever owed was about $8. Read and share Alex’s story: taxfairnessabroad.pulse.ly/x… Every year, Alex pays between £400 and £800 to a tax adviser for the privilege of being told she owes nothing. She and her partner have even put off getting married because they are afraid of tax implications they do not yet understand. Americans abroad should not have to choose between our U.S. citizenship and the freedom to build normal lives in the countries we call home. @WaysMeansCmte @WaysandMeansGOP @SenFinance @SenateFinance @YourVoiceAtIRS @RepLaHood @SenToddYoung @DemsAbroad @SEATNow_org @USAccidental @FAWCO @ExpatriationLaw @FixTheTaxTreaty @TAPInternation @taxreformer @NTU @NTUF @Protectaxpayers @defpriorities @repdinatitus @RepDonBeyer @RepJasonSmith @RepRichardNeal @TaxNotes @AmExpatFinance #TaxFairnessNow #ResidenceBasedTaxation #CBT #AccidentalAmericans #AmericansAbroad #TaxReform

Less than two weeks to go until the mid-terms! Have you reminded your representatives in Congress that 5 million Americans live overseas, many of whom vote in their districts ? Or that U.S. tax laws lead to double taxation and other related problems for Americans abroad? It's fine to remind them of this after the elections, too, but while they're still in campaign mode it would be good to remind them that this is the ONE issue that unites Americans abroad and you'll only support candidates that support ending double taxation and related FATCA and FBAR reporting obligations for Americans who live abroad full-time. Follow our simple instructions (link in first comment) to send them the message that double taxation is wrong and that the solution will soon be on their tables: the Residence-Based Taxation for Americans Abroad Act.

Meet Emberleigh in Mexico. She has lived there since her early 20s, and she is trying to do what families everywhere do: save for retirement, invest responsibly, own property and build a secure future for her children. But for Americans abroad, even ordinary investing can become a tax trap. Emberleigh says U.S. mutual funds are hard to access from abroad, while local mutual funds can trigger punitive PFIC tax and reporting rules. Read and share Emberleigh’s story: taxfairnessabroad.pulse.ly/n… Now she worries her dual-citizen children may one day feel forced to choose between their U.S. citizenship and normal financial lives. Americans abroad should not be financially trapped by a second tax and reporting system everywhere we go. We need residence-based taxation. @WaysMeansCmte @WaysandMeansGOP @SenFinance @SenateFinance @YourVoiceAtIRS @RepLaHood @SenToddYoung #TaxFairnessNow #ResidenceBasedTaxation #CBT #PFIC #AmericansAbroad #TaxReform