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Brandon Mitchener

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American in Brussels passionate about facts, democracy, science, technology, wine, food, sci-fi, superheroes, health & sustainability. All views are personal!

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@TaxFairUSAbroad
Tax Fairness for Americans Abroad
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@WaysMeansCmte @WaysandMeansGOP @SenFinance @SenateFinance @YourVoiceAtIRS @RepLaHood Reminder: We are 100% donation-funded and volunteer-driven, so donations and volunteers are also welcome! #taxfairnessnow #expats #taxation #Congress #FBAR #FATCA #GILTI #PFICs
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@TaxFairUSAbroad
Tax Fairness for Americans Abroad
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@WaysMeansCmte @WaysandMeansGOP @SenFinance @SenateFinance @YourVoiceAtIRS @RepLaHood Please also share this post with any Americans abroad you know and who might be able to lend their stories to this very just cause.
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@TaxFairUSAbroad
Tax Fairness for Americans Abroad
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@WaysMeansCmte @WaysandMeansGOP @SenFinance @SenateFinance @YourVoiceAtIRS @RepLaHood You can submit it in any language and we can help you translate and polish it in good English. Please formulate it as a "Dear Congress" letter to your elected representatives.
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@TaxFairUSAbroad
Tax Fairness for Americans Abroad
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@WaysMeansCmte @WaysandMeansGOP @SenFinance @SenateFinance @YourVoiceAtIRS @RepLaHood We need your stories! If you have not already contributed a testimonial to Tax Fairness for Americans Abroad, please visit https://t.co/RzMszqvHdf and share 4-5 paragraphs about yourself and how U.S. tax law forces you to do things no American should have to do.
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@TaxFairUSAbroad
Tax Fairness for Americans Abroad
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@WaysMeansCmte @WaysandMeansGOP @SenFinance @SenateFinance @YourVoiceAtIRS @RepLaHood The best way to do that is overwhelm them with authenticity: Sharing our stories about tax and financial problems we've encountered abroad as a result of the U.S. policies of citizenship-based taxation coupled with inappropriate FATCA and FBAR filing obligations.
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@TaxFairUSAbroad
Tax Fairness for Americans Abroad
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@WaysMeansCmte @WaysandMeansGOP @SenFinance @SenateFinance @YourVoiceAtIRS @RepLaHood When the bill is reintroduced, Congress will need to be convinced that the Americans in the tunnel are normal constituents and accidental Americans, not billionaire tax dodgers, as some members of Congress appear to believe.
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@TaxFairUSAbroad
Tax Fairness for Americans Abroad
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Americans abroad are counting the days until the Residence-Based Taxation for Americans Abroad Act is reintroduced and we can see light at the end of the double taxation-FATCA-FBAR tunnel. @WaysMeansCmte @WaysandMeansGOP @SenFinance @SenateFinance @YourVoiceAtIRS @RepLaHood
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@Rainmaker1973
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In a world where artificial intelligence can replicate a person’s voice or face in seconds, Denmark is stepping forward with a groundbreaking proposal: a copyright law that grants every citizen ownership of their own likeness. If passed, this law would mean no one — not even AI
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@DrNeilStone
Neil Stone
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"Only very sick kids should die from measles" No, Secretary Kennedy NO child should die from measles. Because there's a vaccine to prevent it.
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@TaxFairUSAbroad
Tax Fairness for Americans Abroad
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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 https://t.co/lwHv5sF2te to learn more about our campaign, donate, share your
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Tax Fairness for Americans Abroad
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What's it like to be an American abroad? Just read some of the recent comments on our donor wall to get a picture. Double taxation, FATCA and FBAR lead to high compliance costs, debunking and financial insecurity for more than 5 million Americans abroad, including children
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Americans living abroad are increasingly vocal about how U.S. double taxation and FATCA rules are damaging their financial security, retirement planning, and basic access to banking. From blocked...
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@TaxFairUSAbroad
Tax Fairness for Americans Abroad
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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 https://t.co/nM7z8Mt6jS to learn more about our campaign, donate, share your
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@TaxFairUSAbroad
Tax Fairness for Americans Abroad
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Better yet, Congress should embrace the international standard of residence-based taxation, letting Americans abroad pay taxes based on residence and source--like the citizens of every other nation except Eritrea. Please support Rep. Darin LaHood's Residence-Based Taxation for
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@TaxFairUSAbroad
Tax Fairness for Americans Abroad
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It's past time for Congress to correct this egregious mistake and ensure a same-country exemption for Americans overseas. They're unlikely to be squirreling money away in the country where they live without declaring it, after all.
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@TaxFairUSAbroad
Tax Fairness for Americans Abroad
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The National Taxpayer Advocate, in her recent report to Congress, also underlined the damage that FATCA has done to Americans abroad.
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@TaxFairUSAbroad
Tax Fairness for Americans Abroad
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In a recent social media survey, 89% of people following Tax Fairness for Americans Abroad said they had been denied financial services--just for being Americans abroad. Thanks to FATCA, "banking while American" has virtually become a crime outside the United States because
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@DakdaR22
D.Radka, #NAFO 🇨🇿🤝🇺🇦
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"Ukraine's only sin was to try to join the free world of democracy and prosperity. This was unforgivable to Putin." - Garry Kasparov
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@TaxFairUSAbroad
Tax Fairness for Americans Abroad
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@WaysMeansCmte @WaysandMeansGOP 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
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Tax Fairness for Americans Abroad
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A Texan who moved to Germany for a job, Emily is living the reality of many Americans abroad: the high cost, hassle and collateral damage of double taxation by the United States. Read our latest testimonial here: https://t.co/RsrsFDKAP5 @WaysMeansCmte @WaysandMeansGOP
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Dear Congress, I was born in and grew up in Houston, Texas. I moved to Germany around 5 years ago, at age 22, to pursue my career working for an American technology company. But ever since then, I...
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@ChrisGloninger
Chris Gloninger, CCM, CBM
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Lee, you hack, start/stop systems were invented by Toyota in 1974 and adopted by European automakers in the 2000s. They reduce fuel consumption by 5-8% and cut idle emissions by 100%. They restart in under 400 milliseconds… faster than your foot moves from brake to gas. Your car
@epaleezeldin
Lee Zeldin
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There will be no more climate participation trophies awarded to manufacturers who make Americans’ vehicles die at every red light and stop sign. It’s over. The Start/Stop Obama Switch is FINISHED! Under President Trump’s leadership, manufacturers can build the vehicles Americans
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