2025 @ExpatriationLaw – X.com Spaces: Understanding Tax Reform For #Americansabroad

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Introduction

“It Takes A Village!”

As everybody (who even the slightest interest) knows there is:

1. A need to end the application of the U.S. citizenship tax regime to Americans abroad

2. An awareness of the issue – created primarily by President Elect Trump’s announcement to end the “double taxation” of Americans abroad (Shout out to the Republicans Overseas Tax Committee for their work over the years)

3. Tremendous work by various “groups” over MANY years including (without limitation) including ACA, AARO, SEAT, Dems Abroad Tax, Rep Overseas Tax, Association Of Accidental Americans and Tax Fairness For Americans abroad (resulting in the Lahood Bill)

4. Great commentary from individuals in the Social Media space

5. Support from blogs and Facebook groups, including without limitation: The Isaac Brock Society, Keith Redmond’s American Expatriates Facebook Group, Karen Alpert’s Fix The Tax Treaty Group and Anthony Parent’s IRS Medic Youtube channel.

6. Lawsuits including the ADCS-ADSC FATCA Canada lawsuit and the Republicans Overseas FATCA Legal Action Lawsuit.

7. The Republicans Overseas initiative which organized the 2017 Meadows FATCA hearing.

8. The 2018 Holding Bill which was the first bill introduced to relieve the plight of Americans overseas.

9. Congressman Beyer’s 2017 Tax Simplification For Americans Abroad Act.

10. Superhuman efforts from a number of individuals either in their personal capacity or representing their groups. Particular mention should go to those who have specifically associated their names with the need for change. These include (but are certainly not limited to: Solomon Yue, James Gosart, Laura Snyder, Rebecca Lammers and many others (you can leave comments adding more …) These people have been working while you were sleeping. They have always been working when you were awake. They invested incredible amounts of time and energy in solving this problem.

Bottom line: This is where we are. Congress will be thinking about tax reform in 2025.

President Elect Trump has made the pledge that it’s time to end the “double taxation” of Americans abroad.

This is the single most important pledge and acknowledgement of this problem. A statement from the President is the single most important acknowledgement. (See the video referenced in the following tweet.)

We still need to understand the scope of this pledge. What does it mean? How far does it go?

To put it simply, it’s time for ALL Americans abroad to “Seize The Day”!

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I have started a series of discussion on X.com “Spaces” to interact with interested people and to explore these issues. I have no idea how many I will do. I have no idea how long they will last. But, I thought it would be good to have a post the lists the discussions (previous and upcoming). So, that is the purpose of this post. You can bookmark this page and check back. Feel free to contact me X.com/ExpatriationLaw with comments or suggestions.

All of the “X Spaces” are summarized on Substack at:

https://expatriationlaw.substack.com

All of the “X Spaces” are summarized on Spotify at:

https://open.spotify.com/show/6LEpZEhGrK4Ap4qlU9Frlr

All of the “X Paces” are summarized on Apple podcasts at:
https://podcastsconnect.apple.com/my-podcasts/show/expatriationlaw-x-spaces-lives-discussions-ending-double-taxation-of-americans-abroad/d46b4dd0-8695-46de-a259-fc204f152781/episodes

Here we go:

Space 1 – December 28, 2024 – Taxation And Americans Abroad

https://x.com/i/spaces/1BdGYEYnVglGX

https://x.com/giornioFR/status/1875728730116759734

Space 2 – January 4, 2025 – Amy From Sydney

https://x.com/i/spaces/1nAKEpYAREoxL

Space 3 – January 8, 2025

https://x.com/i/spaces/1BRJjwZDvpdxw

Space 4 – January 11, 2025 – Schneider

https://x.com/i/spaces/1OdKrXzpdzwJX/peek

Space 5 – January 13, 2025 – Regulatory Fix

https://x.com/i/spaces/1ynJODapAlQxR

https://x.com/giornioFR/status/1878808576036073974

Space 6 – January 15. 2025 – Suzanne de Grenville – What is double taxation?

https://x.com/i/spaces/1BdGYErkaYDGX

https://x.com/i/spaces/1BdGYErkaYDGX

Space 7 – January 17, 2025 – SEAT – Saving Clause

https://x.com/i/spaces/1lDxLlPLywmxm

Space 8 – January 20, 2025 – Tax Treaties, The Obamacare Net Investment Income Tax and @DoubleTaxation

https://x.com/i/spaces/1ynJODDrVqnxR

Space 9 January 26, 2025 – 10:00 – Pinto

https://x.com/i/spaces/1jMKgBBODXyxL

https://x.com/i/spaces/1YpJkllVDNAxj (link)

Space 10 – February 1, 2025 – 19:00 am EST – FEIE

https://x.com/i/spaces/1BRKjwgoEzpGw

Space 11 – February 2. 2025 – 6:30 am – “Settleing Up – Exit Tax”

https://x.com/i/spaces/1kvKpbMaDnOJE

Space 12 – February 8, 2025 – Puerto Rico

https://x.com/i/spaces/1dRKZYjrnQwxB

Space 13 – February 8, 2025 – The price to become a nonresident alien

https://x.com/i/spaces/1lDxLzvoXgaGm

Space 14 – Wednesday February 12, 2025 – 12 noon

https://x.com/i/spaces/1rmxPyaVyPnKN

Space 15 – Thursday February 13, 2025 – Update on costs for individuals

https://x.com/i/spaces/1lDxLzdAQVRGm

Space 16 – March 2. 2025 – Gold Card and ending Citizenship taxation

https://x.com/i/spaces/1gqxvjwdQljxB

Space 17 – March 3, 2025 – Tax Refirm For Expats + Gold Card – Importance Of The Estate Tax

https://x.com/i/spaces/1mrxmPXRyakJy

Space 18 – March 10, 2025 – Transaction Tax

https://x.com/i/spaces/1jMKgkzQvgyKL

Space 19 – March 9, 2025 – Costing RBR – David Pinto

https://expatriationlaw.substack.com/p/space-19-march-9-2025-the-costing

Space 20 – Jim Bennett – Thursday March 13 – 11 am

https://x.com/i/spaces/1lDxLzbWdNRGm

Space 21 – Gabriel Morrow – Friday March 14, 2025 – 10 am

https://x.com/i/spaces/1OwxWXgrXQwKQ

Space 22 – PFIC – March 18, 2025

https://x.com/i/spaces/1mnxegZqdrAGX

Space 23 – Edelman –

https://x.com/i/spaces/1jMKgkaLbLAKL

Misc. With FAIRTax Participants: March 23, 2025 – 16:00 – Abolish The IRS – Joining Forces With Expats

https://x.com/i/spaces/1BdGYqLqdNyGX

Space 24 – April 2/25 Crapo, Wyden bill

https://x.com/i/spaces/1mnxegPvrqaGX

Space 25 – April 12, 2025 – President Carter’s 1980 report

https://x.com/i/spaces/1PlJQMjZBWzJE

John Richardson – Follow me on X.com @Expatriationlaw

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