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American Citizens Abroad (ACA) is, as it provides in public media, a "non-profit, non-partisan, volunteer association whose mission is to defend the rights of Americans living overseas founded in 1978.〔In 2013 it reorganized as American Citizens Abroad, Inc., a US tax-exempt organization operating under section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code. Alongside it is the (American Citizens Abroad Global Foundation ), a publicly supported charity under section 501(c)(3), ()〕 ACA has individual members around the world, and has developed a network of country contacts—volunteer American citizens who work without compensation in their respecting host countries on behalf of not just the organization—in more than 50 countries, but to further ACA's causes.〔 ACA has a caucus within the U.S. Congress, interfaces with subsequent government administrations and other agencies in an attempt to change laws and regulations that place Americans overseas at a disadvantage to that of their fellow citizens living inside the United States.〔 ACA sends a monthly "News Update" to its members with information on new legislation, rules and events which affect U.S. citizens, whether living overseas or at home.〔 ACA’s web site also contains information on issues of concern to Americans overseas, including transmission of citizenship to offspring, taxation〔 and voting. On taxation, ACA has written various pieces in its ongoing efforts to preserve the Foreign earned income exclusion (FEIE), which is vital for Americans living and working overseas to avoid full double taxation.〔 Recently ACA played a significant role in improving the ballot request form used for absentee voting.〔 Banking is another area of current activity to counteract disadvantages felt by American citizens abroad, who often can open new bank accounts neither in the States, because they have no address there to satisfy the Patriot Act, nor overseas because of the extra paperwork requirements imposed by the new Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA).〔 ACA works with the U.S. Embassy and other groups in a bipartisan manner on issues of common concern; it has co-organized town meetings across Switzerland producing a 10-page report; ACA founder, the late Andy Sundberg, was a moving force behind this exercise.〔 Anyone interested in country contacts within host nations may contact ACA's main offices online for such information. == References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「American Citizens Abroad」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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