Advocacy Group Wants Hearings on Nonresident Tax Matters

American Citizens Abroad launches an online campaign to press lawmakers to act on the Tax Fairness for Americans Abroad Act.

By Melanie Waddell | September 06, 2019 at 02:38 PM

Internal Revenue Service, Washington D.C.

American Citizens Abroad has launched an online campaign designed to press lawmakers to hold hearings this fall on the "wide range of tax compliance issues" for Americans overseas, namely the Tax Fairness for Americans Abroad Act, or HR 7358.

The online write-in campaign, Tax Fairness for Americans Abroad: An Idea Worth Fighting For! , guarantees users that their messages will be delivered to congressional offices, including those of the powerful tax-writing House Ways & Means Committee, ACA said.

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Melanie Waddell

Melanie is senior editor and Washington bureau chief of ThinkAdvisor. Her ThinkAdvisor coverage zeros in on how politics, policy, legislation and regulations affect the investment advisory space. Melanie’s coverage has been cited in various lawmakers’ reports, letters and bills, and in the Labor Department’s fiduciary rule in 2023. In 2019, Melanie received an Honorable Mention, Range of Work by a Single Author award from @Folio. Melanie joined Investment Advisor magazine as New York bureau chief in 2000. She has been a columnist since 2002. She started her career in Washington in 1994, covering financial issues at American Banker. Since 1997, Melanie has been covering investment-related issues, holding senior editorial positions at American Banker publications in both Washington and New York. Briefly, she was content chief for Internet Capital Group’s EFinancialWorld in New York and wrote freelance articles for Institutional Investor. Melanie holds a bachelor’s degree in English from Towson University. She interned at The Baltimore Sun and its suburban edition.  

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