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What Is a Bona Fide Resident for the FEIE?

12/19/2023

Bona Fide Residence Test

While managing their US expat taxes, many expats encounter a crucial question: What is a bona fide resident? For expats filing taxes, the term refers to a qualifying test under a common IRS tax provision that US citizens and Green Card holders can use to offset their US tax liability. This is good news because […]

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