IRS Streamlined Procedure For Expats

Americans who move abroad are required to continue filing US taxes, reporting their worldwide income. This means that American citizens abroad often have to file two tax returns. The tax treaties that the US has with around 100 other countries don’t mitigate the risk of double taxation either, as they contain a ‘saving clause’ meaning […]

Many Americans living abroad assume that they don’t have to file US taxes, perhaps because they are filing foreign taxes, or because they think that a tax treaty relieves them from having to file. America’s tax system is unusual though, and Americans living abroad have to file US taxes if their worldwide income exceeds the […]

Americans living overseas are often surprised or even shocked to learn that they should have been filing US taxes since they moved abroad. They may have believed that they are protected by a tax treaty, or that because they aren’t a US-resident or because they file foreign taxes abroad, they don’t have to file US […]

The IRS Streamlined Procedure was introduced in its current form in mid-2014. As the IRS stepped up its enforcement of America’s citizenship-based taxation system, which requires all US citizens (and green card holders) to file US taxes on their worldwide income wherever in the world they live, it also realized that it needed a way […]

Many American expats assume that living abroad, or perhaps a tax treaty, exempts them from filing US taxes from overseas, so they are surprised to discover that the US requires all American citizens and Green Card Holders to report their worldwide income and that they still have to file. Many expats realize this after already […]

According to the IRS, round a million Americans are living abroad and not filing US taxes. (Would it help us to cite your source?) The requirement for Americans living abroad having to file US taxes on their global income was introduced way back during the Civil War, however it’s only in the last few years […]

Many of the nine million Americans who live abroad around the world are surprised to discover that they have to file US taxes to report their global income. By the time they realize this though, many are already behind with their US tax filing, often by several years. The reason that Americans abroad have to […]

Many Americans living abroad assume that, because they don’t reside in the US, they don’t have to file US taxes. US law though requires all Americans to file US taxes, regardless of where they reside, and reporting their total global income. They also often have to report any foreign registered businesses, bank accounts, and investments […]

The Streamlined Procedure is an IRS amnesty program that was introduced in its current form in 2014 to allow certain expats who aren’t compliant with their US tax filing to catch up without facing penalties. All American citizens and Green Card holders are required to file US taxes on their worldwide income. When they file, […]

Of the over 9 million Americans living overseas, many still aren’t aware that they have to file US taxes, despite living abroad, and reporting their worldwide income. The IRS has several amnesty programs available for these expats, depending on their circumstances. Two of the most important of these are the Voluntary Disclosure Practice, and the […]