Jan 31, 2025 · American Citizens Abroad, Inc. (ACA) is a leading advocacy organization representing Americans living and working overseas. Headquartered in Washington, DC, ACA is nonpartisan, non-profit (section 501 (c)(4)), with a 40-plus-year history of advocating on behalf of the community of Americans living and working overseas.

US citizens living outside of the United States are sometimes referred to as Americans abroad, Americans overseas or "expatriates." Although US citizens live outside of the United States they are still US citizens; they can still vote in federal (and some state) elections, they still pay taxes and they still form part of the United States ...

Jan 27, 2025 · Congressman Darin LaHood (R-IL) receives ACA Benjamin Franklin Award for service on behalf of U.S. citizens living and working overseas. February 03, 2025

President-elect Trump has promised to address double taxation of U.S. citizens living and working overseas. On December 18, 2024, Congressman Darren LaHo od introduced legislation, "Residence Based Taxation for Americans Abroad Act" (H.R.10468).

Dec 18, 2024 · Moving to Residency Based Taxation (RBT) will help the over 4 million hardworking Americans overseas and will increase global competitiveness for U.S. companies.

Dec 19, 2024 · The bill would allow American citizens living abroad to opt into a system of residency-based taxation -- thereby eliminating ordinary ex-pats' need for the expensive lawyers and accountants required to prepare the needlessly complex …

Nov 18, 2024 · In the final weeks of his campaign, President-elect Donald Trump appealed to an often-overlooked constituency, Americans overseas, with a pledge to end the “double-taxation” of their income. But unlike many Trump campaign talking points, this isn’t a partisan issue.

ACA has members living in nearly 110 countries and has several Country Chapters that serve to informally bring together Americans living overseas who want to share their experiences, issues and concerns and to make these issues known to ACA for policy formulation purposes.

Jan 21, 2025 · American Citizens Abroad (ACA) has published an updated version of the side-by-side tax comparative demonstrating where Congressman LaHood's (R-IL) new legislation, H.R. 10468 Residence-Based Taxation for Americans Abroad Act changes current tax policy to create Residence based taxation (RBT). ACA highlights where Congressman LaHood's ...

US citizens living overseas can now create a personal my Social Security account and access many of our online services using their ID.me credential. View our submissions to Congress on this issue and others here