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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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Foreign Tax Credit
Learn why the Foreign Tax Credit often matters more than the FEIE in high-tax countries, and what income-source and limitation questions to model before filing.
Tax Treaties
See how tax treaties can affect source, double-tax relief, and Form 1116 planning without assuming a treaty overrides U.S. citizenship-based taxation.
Foreign Pensions
How U.S. persons should organize German Riester and Rürup plan documents for a U.S. tax, treaty, reporting, and foreign-pension review.
Business Tax
A practical overview of GILTI for U.S. owners of foreign corporations, including Form 8992, Form 5471, tested income, foreign tax, and scope boundaries.
Green Card Holders
Why an expired green card does not automatically establish the end of U.S. tax residence, and which immigration and tax records to review.
Green Card Holders
How lawful permanent residents living abroad should review foreign accounts and assets for FBAR and Form 8938 without confusing the two forms.
Green Card Holders
What lawful permanent residents living abroad should review for worldwide income, foreign accounts, FEIE, foreign tax credits, and prior-year compliance.
Green Card Holders
How green card status, former-state domicile, foreign residence, and federal tax residence interact without making state tax automatic.
Retirement Planning
Learn how living abroad can affect IRA contributions, Roth conversions, and required minimum distributions, with the foreign-earned-income and reporting issues expats should review.
Consultation first · Written scope
These answers cover the factors that usually determine your filing path: income, foreign accounts, forms, deadlines, and scope.