Adam is American, but his children will not be — because of U.S. double taxation

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AmCham Saudi Arabia: Double taxation is holding back American competitiveness

American companies are trying to compete globally, but U.S. tax policy is making it harder for them to hire Americans abroad.

That is the message from AmCham Saudi Arabia in a new open letter to Congress calling for residence-based taxation for Americans overseas. They say that citizenship-based taxation is not only a personal burden for Americans living abroad. It is also a business problem.

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An American plans to follow his Canadian wife back home to Canada for love. The IRS might follow him for life.

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An American mother living in the United Kingdom dreads the day her children will start earning money

An American living in the UK dreads the day her boys will start earning money—because of U.S. double taxation.

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Amy in Australia faces a brick wall of double taxation and FATCA-led financial exclusion

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An Italian-American who left the United States while still in diapers is haunted by his place of birth

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A former American expat in the U.K. makes an eloquent case for residence-based taxation

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Caught between two worlds, Murielle looks to Congress to end “absurd” U.S. reporting rules

It’s bad enough being an American abroad if you were born and raised in the country and still consider it home. It’s infinitely worse for “accidental” Americans born in the United States but who have few connections to the country other than the expense and hassle of filing two annual tax returns plus FATCA and FBAR forms.