I'm Chip Moreno.
I'm an American living in Ecuador and the founder of FileAbroad, a U.S. tax preparation practice built specifically for Americans living outside the United States.
I work directly with clients from the initial review through preparation and filing. FileAbroad is deliberately small: I would rather understand a limited number of engagements well than build a high-volume preparation operation.
PTIN holder · IRS-authorized e-file provider · B.S. Computer Science · Based in Ecuador
Tell Me About My SituationWHY FILEABROAD
Living abroad changes the questions.
A U.S. tax return can become more complicated when your income, accounts, residence, or family life crosses borders.
Foreign earned income may raise questions about the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion or Foreign Tax Credit. Foreign financial accounts can create reporting separate from the income-tax return. State filing obligations may continue after someone moves overseas. Prior filing gaps can raise an entirely different set of questions.
FileAbroad exists to separate those issues, determine what actually belongs in the engagement, and prepare the accepted filing scope without pretending that every cross-border problem has the same answer.
THE PRACTICE
You work directly with me.
I personally review prospective engagements before accepting preparation work.
If I accept the engagement, I confirm the forms, years, records, scope, and price before preparation begins. You communicate directly with me while I prepare the work, and you review the completed return before anything is filed.
When something falls outside the engagement or outside my practice, I say so.
BACKGROUND
Tax preparation, technology, and life abroad.
I hold a B.S. in Computer Science from Western Governors University. That technical background shapes how I build FileAbroad: I use software and automation to organize information and reduce administrative work while keeping tax judgment and final review with the preparer.
I live in Ecuador and deal with many of the ordinary practical realities that come with living outside the United States: foreign addresses, international travel, foreign financial accounts, different currencies, and financial systems that do not always map neatly onto U.S. terminology.
For paid U.S. tax preparation, I hold a current IRS Preparer Tax Identification Number (PTIN), and FileAbroad is an IRS-authorized e-file provider.
SCOPE
A focused tax preparation practice.
FileAbroad focuses on U.S. individual tax preparation and related international reporting for Americans living abroad.
You may still be a FileAbroad fit if you currently live in the United States. The relevant question is not only where you live today; it is whether your U.S. filing or reporting problem involves foreign accounts, assets, inheritance, gifts, property, entities, prior years abroad, or a return from living abroad. FileAbroad does not take ordinary domestic-only returns.
I do not provide legal advice or tax litigation services. Work outside an accepted engagement may require another professional.
Clear boundaries are part of the service. If I am not the right person for a matter, I would rather say that before accepting the work.
OTHER WORK
FileAbroad is part of a broader expat-focused business.
EcuaPass
EcuaPass provides administrative visa-document preparation and process coordination for people navigating Ecuadorian immigration procedures.
Visit EcuaPassIterative Systems LLC
Iterative Systems LLC is the U.S. company behind FileAbroad and EcuaPass and the software and operational systems I build around them.
WORK WITH FILEABROAD
Tell me what you're dealing with.
You don't need to know which form or service you need. Tell me where you live, which years need attention, how you earn income, and what you're concerned about. I'll review the inquiry and determine whether the next step is a consultation.
Tell Me About My SituationPrefer email? info@fileabroad.com