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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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FBAR
A practical worksheet for converting foreign account balances into U.S. dollars for FBAR reporting, including multiple currencies, missing statements, and audit support.
Digital Nomad Taxes
How digital nomads should document physical presence, tax home, services, travel days, and foreign income when no single country is home all year.
Foreign Spouses
What the resident-spouse election can change for an American abroad, including worldwide income, IDs, credits, and foreign-account reporting.
Accidental Americans
Why foreign banks ask for U.S. tax status, what FATCA documentation does and does not prove, and how an accidental American should organize a response.
Business Tax
The foreign-company label does not determine U.S. tax treatment. Learn what to review when an expat owns a foreign corporation, LLC, or similar business entity.
Foreign Gifts
Learn when a gift or bequest from a foreign person may require Form 3520, why the donor’s identity matters, and which records to keep.
Digital Nomad Taxes
Why a foreign LLC’s local registration does not decide its U.S. tax classification, and how digital nomads should review disregarded, partnership, and corporate treatment.
Foreign Business Tax
How entity classification, elections, ownership, and foreign-company reporting can turn a local LLC into a U.S. corporate-tax issue.
Foreign Pensions
Why a foreign pension may require a foreign-trust review, what documents to collect, and how Form 3520 differs from Form 3520-A and Form 8938.
Consultation first · Written scope
These answers cover the factors that usually determine your filing path: income, foreign accounts, forms, deadlines, and scope.