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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 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.
Compliance
A records-first guide to how foreign currency conversion affects your return, including the questions to classify, documents to gather, related U.S. forms, and when a written scope helps.
Buyer education
A records-first guide to how to compare expat tax preparers on scope, 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 to decide whether you need form 5471 help, including the questions to classify, documents to gather, related U.S. forms, and when a written scope helps.
Catch-up
A records-first guide to how to organize a multi-year catch-up file, including the questions to classify, documents to gather, related U.S. forms, and when a written scope helps.
CFC
A records-first guide to how to prepare a cfc ownership chart, including the questions to classify, documents to gather, related U.S. forms, and when a written scope helps.
Foreign assets
A records-first guide to how to read a foreign brokerage statement, including the questions to classify, documents to gather, related U.S. forms, and when a written scope helps.
Compliance
A records-first guide to how to respond to an irs notice from abroad, 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.