FAWCO has been working towards equal tax and banking rights for Americans abroad for many years and we was recenty featured in a Reuters special report titled, "Tax time pushes some Americans to take a hike".
Currently Americans abroad are facing stricter tax and banking compliance regulations than ever before. Tax and banking were very important topics at our annual conference in Dublin last month with a workshop presented by FAWCO sponsor US Tax and Financial Services 
and FAWCO US Liaison, Lucy Stensland Laederich
Laederich, who represents FAWCO in Washington DC, stated that in part FAWCO opposes new IRS rules because they are pushing some membes to renounce their citizenship."Your options are to ignore the IRS and stick your head in the sand; take your name off of all the accounts and live in a completely cash economy; divorce; or renounce U.S. citizenship," Laederich says. "We've seen all of these things happen." Genette Eysselinck, a FAWCO member was also a feature story. Read full article here
