Request from Congress for a GAO review of “Section 911” impacts

Two members of the Americans Abroad Caucus (Representatives Mike Honda of California and Carolyn Maloney of New York) have been joined by Representative Jim McDermott of Washington in requesting that the U.S. Government Accountability Office conduct a review of the potential impacts of any reduction in or elimination of current I.R.S provisions for exclusion of foreign-earned income and housing costs...

Remembering Andy Sundberg, 1941-2012

The overseas American community has lost a great friend and champion, the kind of man we encounter only rarely in our lives.

Andy Sundberg, founder of the Children’s Citizens Rights League in 1977 and American Citizens Abroad in 1978, Secretary of the Overseas Americans Academy, indefatigable researcher and prolific writer, died on Thursday, August 30.  He is being referred to...

FAWCO comments on new FPCA wording (2012 election)

The Federal Post Card Application (FPCA) is the document with which military and overseas voters register to vote and request their ballots.

A new version of this form was introduced for the 2012 election which raised concerns with many voters  (see earlier article on this here).  In response to requests from state and local election officials, the new form explicitly...

A new awareness of who “overseas Americans” really are? (July 2012)

Two recent announcements from Washington, one from IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman, and one from Pamela Mitchell, Acting Director of the Federal Voting Assistance Program, appear to signal a new awareness of the realities of the overseas American population.

On June 26,  Commissioner Shulman announced new procedures to take effect on September 1, 2012, to make compliance easier for delinquent overseas...

IRS announces plan to help delinquent overseas filers to come into compliance

On June 26, the IRS issued IR-2012-65, a plan “to help U.S. citizens residing overseas, including dual citizens, catch up with tax filing obligations and provide assistance for people with foreign retirement plan issues.”


IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman said, "Today we are announcing a series of common-sense steps to help U.S. citizens abroad get current with their tax obligations and...

UOCAVA Amendment introduced by three Members of the Americans Abroad Caucus (2012 election)

Representative Carolyn Maloney and two of her colleagues on the Americans Abroad Caucus, which she chairs, have introduced HR 5828, “A Bill to amend the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to permit an absentee ballot application submitted by an absent uniformed services voter or overseas voter with respect to an election for Federal office to serve as an...