Erin Collins, the US National Taxpayer Advocate, submitted a scathing 2025 Annual Report to Congress which castigates the IRS for the unfair treatment of overseas American taxpayers.1
The National Taxpayer Advocate, an independent organization within the IRS, is responsible for protecting taxpayer rights, helping taxpayers resolve problems with the IRS and proposing...
Midterm elections occur two years after each presidential election. On November 3, 2026, US citizens at home and abroad will elect all 435 members of the House of Representatives and 33 Senators.
Citizens will also elect non-voting members to the US House from American Samoa, the District of Columbia, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands...
You really should have registered to vote/requested a ballot for the 2026 federal elections by now. At the moment, all overseas voters should be doing two things:
(If you haven’t registered yet, go to the US Vote Foundation or...
Overseas voters know that they already face more and higher barriers to exercising their constitutional right to vote than their compatriots in the United States. Several new factors are combining to reduce the time that overseas voters have to vote. They are yet another reason to make a plan right now to ensure that you can vote in 2026.
There are many questions running around my mind when I think of banking, taxing, and investing as an American living in Germany. I’ve participated in workshops, attended seminars online and have asked lots of questions to lots of people. Still, I am confused on many issues, especially the German retirement programs I am enrolled in. Are they taxed? How are...
