American citizens who are resident overseas, and who would like a chance to help to make the U.S. Internal Revenue Service better and more accountable to taxpayers, are now being invited to apply for the soon-to-be-vacated international seat on the IRS's Taxpayer Advocacy Panel.

A survey of more than 400 U.S. expats has found that FATCA, banking/investment and retirement account issues, and issues having to do with tax generally are their top three concerns.

But perhaps surprisingly, "lack of representation in Congress" came in a strong contender in fourth place, and in total, 93% of those surveyed said they "do not feel they are fairly represented in Congress," according to the Association of Americans Resident Overseas, which carried out the research last October and November.

American citizens who are resident overseas, and who would like a chance to make the American Internal Revenue Service better and more accountable to taxpayers, may wish to consider applying for the soon-to-be-vacated only international seat on the IRS's Taxpayer Advocacy Panel, currently held by suburban Paris-based Laura Snyder.

Today, Jan. 20, is Inauguration Day in Washington, D.C., when Joe Biden is due to be sworn in as the next president of the U.S.

Here, William Jordan, president of the Paris-based Association of Americans Resident Overseas – and for 30 years, until recently, a U.S. Foreign Service officer, who served in such places as Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, and Algiers, Algeria  – welcomes the new administration, and pledges AARO's willingness and commitment to working with Biden and vice president Kamala Harris, "on behalf of overseas Americans"...

The Association of Americans Resident Overseas, a Paris-based, volunteer-run advocacy organization, says it’s requesting “input” from Americans around the world “on the vital issues facing you as Americans overseas”.

William Jordan, a retired U.S. Foreign Service officer who has lived outside of the U.S. for 27 of the past 39 years, has succeeded Neil Kearney as president of the Paris-based Association of Americans Resident Overseas.

After two months of being unable to travel to meet with clients or to sponsor or participate in seminars and conferences, American expat-focused organizations, wealth and tax managers and advocacy groups have turned in growing numbers to videos, webinars and podcasts as a means of staying in touch with their respective audiences. 

Questions about whether children who turned 18 in 2020, or who won't be born until August, would be considered "dependents" for the purposes of receiving a U.S. government CARES Act rebate check were among the highlights of a recent, hour-long webinar sponsored by the Association of Americans Resident Overseas.

Aware that many American expats are likely to find the process by which they're expected to go about accessing the approximately US$1,200 they have been told they are probably entitled to receive as a result of the recently-announced Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), American expat groups have begun posting webinars aimed at helping them. 

Monte Silver, the Israel-based American expat lawyer who made headlines last month when a U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. said he and his fellow plaintiffs could go ahead with their legal challenge of a key component of President Trump's 2017 tax reform legislation,  is to join the board of the Paris-based Association of Americans Resident Abroad, and become chairman of its tax committee.