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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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PFIC
A records-first guide to form 8621 vs form 8938: when foreign funds trigger both, including the questions to classify, documents to gather, related U.S. forms, and when a written scope helps.
Form 8833
A records-first guide to form 8833 treaty disclosure: exceptions and workpapers, including the questions to classify, documents to gather, related U.S. forms, and when a written scope helps.
Form 8854
A records-first guide to form 8854: the five-year compliance certification, 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 form 8865 and foreign partnership ownership, including the questions to classify, documents to gather, related U.S. forms, and when a written scope helps.
Form 8889
A records-first guide to form 8889 hsa reporting for americans abroad, including the questions to classify, documents to gather, related U.S. forms, and when a written scope helps.
Form 8938
A records-first guide to form 8938 asset inventory for complex portfolios, including the questions to classify, documents to gather, related U.S. forms, and when a written scope helps.
CFC
A records-first guide to gilti for individuals: a records-first explanation, including the questions to classify, documents to gather, related U.S. forms, and when a written scope helps.
Green-card holder
A records-first guide to green card abandonment and long-term resident status, including the questions to classify, documents to gather, related U.S. forms, and when a written scope helps.
Consultation
A records-first guide to how a consultation becomes a written scope, 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.