05/29/2026
After having already recently been named 2017 Tax Provider of the Year for the Americas region at a gala awards dinner in Denver in May, Bright!Tax has also now been named a finalist for a second prestigious FEM EMMA Tax Provider of the Year Award, this time for the Asia Pacific region. The Forum for […]
10/07/2025
All Americans are required to file a US tax return and report their worldwide income wherever in the world they live. The US is nearly unique in requiring expats to file taxes. It is because the US has a citizenship-based taxation system,rather than a residence-based system like most countries. While many American expatriates aren’t […]
05/29/2026
We’re immensely proud to announce that Bright!Tax has been named US Expat Tax Provider of the Year at the 2017 FEM EMMA Awards. The prestigious EMMA awards recognize the best firms working in the global mobility industry based on superior service and innovation. This year’s EMMA winners were announced on May 4th at an exclusive […]
05/29/2026
It’s been a great week for Bright!Tax: We’ve been featured in U.S.News, Yahoo Finance, and Forbes, while we’ve also been named finalists for not one but two prestigious, Global EMMA awards. Forbes tax writer Kelly Phillips Erb has included Bright!Tax founder and CEO Greg Dewald as one of her 100 must-follow tax twitter accounts of […]
05/29/2026
The Bright!Tax Awards Committee is pleased to announce that Erin Moran has been awarded a Bright!Tax Global Scholar award. Erin is a postgraduate student working towards her PhD at University College London’s Institute of Education. Erin fended-off over 400 other applicants to claim the latest award. Erin’s journey is as ambitious as it is unique. […]
05/29/2026
Bright!Tax Continues to Raise the Bar Globally – Introduces Latest Innovation – a Secure Online Client Interface that Makes the Process of Filing US Taxes from Abroad a Whole Lot Easier! Most often when American expats engage a US expat tax firm to prepare their US taxes, they are first greeted warmly, but then are […]
10/07/2025
Choosing an expat tax professional or accountant is an important decision. Getting it wrong could literally cost you thousands of dollars, as they may not have the specialist knowledge to apply the best strategies or claim the right exemptions for your situation. One of the first questions you should consider when filing US expat […]
05/29/2026
The Bright!Tax Awards Committee is pleased to announce that Kersey Schott has been awarded the most recent Bright!Tax Global Scholar award. Kersey is a postgraduate student taking a Masters in European Studies at the University of Leipzig, Germany. She previously completed her undergraduate degree at Ohio State University, where she graduated Cum Laude. Kersey, who […]
10/07/2025
All Americans living overseas are subject to file a US tax return each year if they earn over $14,600 (2024), or just $400 of self-employment income, regardless of where they live or where their income is from. While filing an annual tax return is one of the downsides of holding a US passport, you may […]
10/07/2025
Our Bright!Tax IRS Insights series lifts up the hood to reveal the inner workings of the IRS engine. Today we’ll be looking at the best strategies for responding to an IRS audit letter. As described in our previous IRS Insights article, the IRS can access a vast amount of information about US taxpayers living abroad, […]