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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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Compliance
If your foreign accounts total $10,000 at any point, you likely must file. How to check the rule — and fix late or missing FBARs before penalties start.
Tax Strategy
Freelancing for U.S. clients while living abroad? Here's how to handle 1099 income, self-employment tax, and reporting requirements as an American expat.
Compliance
Complete guide to 2026 tax filing deadlines for U.S. expats. Know when to file your tax return, FBAR, FATCA forms, and how to request extensions.
Tax Updates
FEIE 2026 guide: the new $132,900 exclusion limit, who qualifies, and how to claim the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion on Form 2555.
Tax Strategy
Earning over $200,000 abroad with the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion? You may face the Alternative Minimum Tax. Here's how to avoid this expensive surprise.
Tax Strategy
See the 2025 Child Tax Credit amount, refundable limit, qualifying-child rules and how claiming the FEIE may affect an expat family's credit.
Compliance
How Americans abroad report crypto to the IRS in 2026, including current FinCEN guidance, capital gains, earned income, and Form 8938 considerations.
Tax Strategy
Paid more foreign tax than you can use this year? Excess credits don't disappear. Learn how the foreign tax credit carryforward works and how to plan ahead.
Compliance
Moving abroad doesn't always end your state tax obligations. Learn which states continue to tax former residents and how to properly sever ties.
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These answers cover the factors that usually determine your filing path: income, foreign accounts, forms, deadlines, and scope.