07/15/2019
All Americans are required to file US taxes if they meet minimum income thresholds, including their global income, regardless of whether they live in the US or abroad. This leaves many expats having to file twice, to the country where they live as well as to the US. Thankfully, when they file, they can claim […]
02/14/2019
Living abroad is the opportunity of a lifetime, however it can be slightly marred for American expats because they are required to continue filing a US tax return from overseas, reporting their worldwide income. Expats filing in 2019 however will find that form 1040 is new, for the first time in decades. Will new […]
12/03/2018
Americans who move abroad are required to continue filing US taxes, reporting their worldwide income, wherever in the world they may live. The US is almost unique in having this requirement for expats to file. As expats may also have to pay taxes in the country where they live, the IRS has provided some exemptions, […]
11/21/2018
What is form 8858? The IRS requires US taxpayers who are owners of Foreign Disregarded Entities to file form 8858, Information Return of US Persons With Respect to Foreign Disregarded Entities. What is a Foreign Disregarded Entity? The IRS defines a Foreign Disregarded Entity (FDE) as “an entity that is not created or organized in […]
11/05/2018
Americans living abroad are required to continue filing a U.S. federal tax return, reporting their worldwide income. To avoid having to pay U.S. taxes, expats must claim one or more exemptions that the IRS has made available for them, such as the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion and the Foreign Tax Credit by filing additional forms. […]
09/24/2018
The US requires expats to file US taxes from abroad, reporting their worldwide income. To avoid double taxation (expats paying taxes on the same income to both the US and in the country where they live), the IRS offers a number of exemptions that expats can claim when they file, including the Foreign Tax Credit […]
07/30/2018
US expats are required to file US taxes, just like Americans living stateside. This is because America taxes based on citizenship, rather than on residence the way most countries do. Thankfully, the IRS has made several exemptions available that reduce or for most expats eliminate their US tax liability. The most common and effective of […]
07/26/2018
When American expats discover that they are required to file US taxes from abroad, the idea that they should have to file two tax returns, in the country where they reside as well as to the IRS, seems incredible. The US tax system has been this way since the Civil War though, requiring all Americans […]
07/05/2018
When campaigning, Donald Trump promised not just to lower taxes, but also to simplify the tax filing process. Last week, the IRS released the draft of a new form 1040 for consultation over the summer, with the final version due to be confirmed in the Autumn. In this article we look at what the changes […]
07/02/2018
All American citizens and green card holders are required to file US taxes, reporting their worldwide income, even if they live abroad. Most expats don’t end up owing any US taxes, as they claim one or more exemptions such as the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion or the Foreign Tax Credit, however they still have to […]