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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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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.
IRS Notices
Facing an IRS examination while living outside the United States? Use this preparation checklist to organize the notice, records, foreign tax documents, and professional-authority questions.
IRS Notices
How the IRS and foreign financial-information systems can connect a U.S. person abroad to a tax return, and what to do when a notice arrives.
Foreign Spouses
When married filing separately may be considered by expat couples, and how it affects foreign-spouse elections, community property, credits, and reporting.
Crypto Taxes
A U.S. tax recordkeeping guide for expats who buy, sell, create, or receive NFTs, including basis, income, foreign platforms, and reporting.
Foreign Spouses
How the election to treat a nonresident alien spouse as a U.S. resident works, what it brings into the return, and what records to preserve.
Tax Strategy
Learn how the PFIC excess-distribution method works, when the section 1291 rules can apply, and why Form 8621 elections require a holding-period review.
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