The "Jobs and Growth Reconciliation Tax Act of 2003" has passed the
House of Representatives and will be heard in the Senate this week. It
contains a provision which will repeal the $80,000 tax exclusion for
non-residents which we now enjoy. The reason given for the change is that
foreign residents "enjoy the benefits of the United States Government" and
may be in an advantageous position. If you live in a country like
Mongolia, as I do, this may sound absurd.
If you feel as I do that we deserve to keep this exemption, please write
your Senator, or all Senators. You can get the e-mail address of all the
Senators at www.senate.gov
To view the provision of the draft law, go to
http://www.senate.gov/~finance/sitepages/leg/051203leg.pdf and go to page
113 of the text (which will appear as page 122 on your adobe viewer because
of the introductory pages).
The provision is section 350 of the bill and section 911 of the Internal
Revenue Code.
Because the bill has passed the House and will be debated in the Senate
this week, it is urgent that you write now if we are to have any chance of
having this provision removed from the bill.
Please forward this to any American living abroad that you know. (This
provision has never applied to foreign service officers, so don't bother
sending to Embassy personnel.)
Thanks,
Robert La Mont
House of Representatives and will be heard in the Senate this week. It
contains a provision which will repeal the $80,000 tax exclusion for
non-residents which we now enjoy. The reason given for the change is that
foreign residents "enjoy the benefits of the United States Government" and
may be in an advantageous position. If you live in a country like
Mongolia, as I do, this may sound absurd.
If you feel as I do that we deserve to keep this exemption, please write
your Senator, or all Senators. You can get the e-mail address of all the
Senators at www.senate.gov
To view the provision of the draft law, go to
http://www.senate.gov/~finance/sitepages/leg/051203leg.pdf and go to page
113 of the text (which will appear as page 122 on your adobe viewer because
of the introductory pages).
The provision is section 350 of the bill and section 911 of the Internal
Revenue Code.
Because the bill has passed the House and will be debated in the Senate
this week, it is urgent that you write now if we are to have any chance of
having this provision removed from the bill.
Please forward this to any American living abroad that you know. (This
provision has never applied to foreign service officers, so don't bother
sending to Embassy personnel.)
Thanks,
Robert La Mont
