FATCA architect Democrat witness Elise Bean says 4300 citizenship renunciations are nothing because of 730,000 new US citizens each year

Even one citizenship renunciation because of FATCA is too many. Overseas Americans are not old shoes for FATCA architect Elise Bean throw away.

Will Democrats Abroad Chair Solon join Republicans Overseas to condemn #FATCA architect Elise Bean’s statement that repeal FATCA is a mistake because only 4,300 expats were forced to renounce compared to 730,000 new tax-paying citizens in 2015?

Sen. Rand Paul Testifies in the House on FATCA

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FATCA Hearings Took Place in the House on April 26, 2017

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Ask President Trump to Repeal FATCA and Enact TTFI

President Trump’s administration is sending out an Official Tax Reform Survey to ask voters about tax reform.

Please fill out the survey and make sure to mention in one of the ‘other’ boxes that he should repeal FATCA and move towards TTFI (territorial taxation for individuals–previously called ‘RBT’ – residence based taxation).

Thank you!

 

 

RO UK students school Jon Ossoff on how to vote while abroad

Drew Liquerman, Chairman of Republicans Overseas UK, St Andrews Chapter, organized some American students studying at the University of St Andrews to hold up signs asking why Jon Ossoff did not vote when he was studying in the UK.

OPEN LETTER TO JON OSSOFF

Mr. Ossoff, the citizens of Georgia’s 6th district ought to know about your disqualifying record of voting and congressional carpet bagging. We can talk about the fact you live outside of GA06 and as a result cannot vote for yourself but what I would like to know is why you failed to exercise your most basic right and duty of a US citizen in the 2012 election.

It has recently been revealed that you did not vote in the 2012 election because you were studying abroad in London. Well Mr. Ossoff, inconvenience is no reason to not vote. I am currently studying at the University of St Andrews and made sure I casted a vote to make myself heard in the 2016 election as did most members of the Republicans Overseas St Andrews chapter. You were eligible to partake in the 2012 election but you choose not to because you did not care enough

If you can’t take the time to cast your vote how can the constituents of Georgia’s 6th district – a district you do not even live in, trust you to vote in their interest and represent them in Washington DC?

The residents of Georgia’s 6th district deserve someone to represent them who is willing to partake in democracy as well represent and actually live in the district they wish to represent.

I know you cannot vote for yourself in your upcoming election, but should you find yourself living abroad again – here is how you can vote.

https://www.fvap.gov/georgia

Drew Liquerman
Chairman, Republicans Overseas UK, St Andrews Chapter

RO publishes testimonies for FATCA Hearings

On April 26, 2017, the House will hear testimony as to the damage done to overseas Americans by FATCA.

For background information on FATCA, click here.

Testimonies

Donna Lane Nelson

Video:  Donna Lane Nelson Testimony

Written:  Donna Lane Nelson Testimony

Mark Crawford

Mark Crawford Testimony

Roger Johnson

Roger Johnson Testimony

Daniel Kuettel

Daniel Kuettel Testimony

Stephen John Kish

Stephen John Kish Testimony

Marc Zell

Marc Zell Testimony

James Bopp, Jr.

James Bopp, Jr. Testimony

DA attacks RO’s FATCA hearings and gets angry feedback from constituents

In a Facebook post published on April 20, 2017, Democrats Abroad attacked Republicans Overseas’ FATCA hearings scheduled for April 26th.

However, comments on their post clearly demonstrate how far DA’s pro-FATCA position deviates from the anti-FATCA position of their constituents.

Read the FB post here.

Click here to read the comments

Republicans Overseas Secures Witnesses for House Hearing on FATCA Damage

TERRE HAUTE, IN – Congressman Mark Meadows (R-NC) will chair a hearing of the Subcommittee on Government Operations of the House Committee of Oversight and Government Reform on “Reviewing the Unintended Consequences of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA)” on Wednesday, April 26, 2017 at 2:00 pm in the Rayburn House Office Building (Room 2154).

FATCA has been the primary factor in the dramatic increase in citizenship renunciation by Americans overseas for the past five years. Last year, 5,411 individuals gave up their US citizenship (compared with 231 in 2008); many chose the irrevocable option simply to be able to have basic bank accounts in the communities where they live overseas.

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23 National Organizations support the repeal of FATCA

“Dear Speaker Ryan, Majority Leader McConnell, Rep. Brady, and Sen. Hatch:

As free-market and taxpayer protection organizations representing millions of Americans, we urge that repeal of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA)—a plank in the 2016 Republican Party Platform—be included in any tax reform package sent to the White House.

Enacted in 2010 by a Democrat-controlled Congress and signed into law by President Obama, FATCA purports to catch rich tax cheats hiding their wealth overseas but instead has ensnared innocent Americans in an appallingly draconian scheme that true wealthy tax evaders can still easily avoid. It treats any American asset held abroad as tantamount to criminality, demanding reams of private financial data without the need for a warrant or a showing of probable cause.

Since FATCA’s introduction, Americans living overseas have lost access to their banking and investment accounts as foreign financial institutions drop clients rightly perceived as toxic. This has not only impacted the welfare of the estimated nine million Americans who live and work abroad but hampers small businesses owned and operated by Americans attempting to compete internationally.”

Read the complete letter here:    2017-FATCA_repeal_coalition_ltr

Rep. Meadows and Sen. Paul urge the administration to support the repeal of FATCA

Click below to read the letter urging the Trump administration to support the repeal of FATCA and listing steps that can be taken immediately.

RandMeadowsLetter