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Educational U.S. tax articles for Americans living abroad, including FBAR, FATCA, and Foreign Earned Income Exclusion topics.
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Self-Employment Abroad
A recordkeeping framework for business expenses, home office, travel, software, currency conversion, FEIE, and foreign tax credit issues for expat freelancers.
Retirement Abroad
A tax-focused checklist for American retirees abroad reviewing Medicare, foreign health coverage, pension income, and records for the U.S. return.
IRS Notices
Why missing international information returns can affect the ordinary limitation period, and which records to preserve before assuming a year is closed.
Expatriation
What long-term green card holders should review before abandoning lawful permanent residence, including Form 8854 and covered-expatriate tests.
FATCA
Understand how foreign exchanges, custodial accounts, private wallets, and crypto income fit into the Form 8938 review without confusing FATCA with FBAR rules.
FATCA
Understand which foreign assets may fall within Form 8938, how FATCA differs from FBAR, and how to build a complete asset inventory before filing.
FATCA
A foreign bank asks for a W-9, W-8, SSN, or U.S. tax details? Learn what a FATCA-related request may mean and how to separate bank certification from your U.S. filing obligations.
FATCA
Learn how Form 8938 penalties work, why they are separate from FBAR penalties, and what to document before responding to a missing-form problem.
FBAR
Learn how Americans abroad aggregate foreign accounts across countries for FBAR purposes, what balances to collect, and how to document the calculation.
Consultation first · Written scope
These answers cover the factors that usually determine your filing path: income, foreign accounts, forms, deadlines, and scope.