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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 records-first guide to foreign bank accounts after a move abroad, including the questions to classify, documents to gather, related U.S. forms, and when a written scope helps.
Self-employed
A records-first guide to foreign business payroll and service location, including the questions to classify, documents to gather, related U.S. forms, and when a written scope helps.
Business abroad
A records-first guide to foreign corporation vs disregarded entity: u.s. classification, including the questions to classify, documents to gather, related U.S. forms, and when a written scope helps.
Consultation
A records-first guide to foreign entity consultation for online businesses, including the questions to classify, documents to gather, related U.S. forms, and when a written scope helps.
Consultation
A records-first guide to foreign gift consultation: form 3520 facts, including the questions to classify, documents to gather, related U.S. forms, and when a written scope helps.
Foreign assets
How a foreign life-insurance or annuity contract can raise separate U.S. questions about section 7702 treatment, cash value, Form 8938, FBAR, PFICs, foreign trusts, surrender, loans, and death benefits—without assuming the product label decides the result.
PFIC
A records-first guide to foreign mutual funds: a document request checklist, including the questions to classify, documents to gather, related U.S. forms, and when a written scope helps.
Foreign pensions
A records-first guide to foreign pension reporting: uk sipp, super, and rrsp, including the questions to classify, documents to gather, related U.S. forms, and when a written scope helps.
Treaties
A records-first guide to foreign pension treaty articles: how to read them, including the questions to classify, documents to gather, related U.S. forms, and when a written scope helps.
Consultation first · Written scope
These answers cover the factors that usually determine your filing path: income, foreign accounts, forms, deadlines, and scope.