This is not like this! Legal foreign marriages are recognized by the US. A US citizen with a foreign spouse is therefore married for US tax purposes and is even […]
I got married abroad, So I am still single because my spouse is foreign? Read More »
If you are required to file Form 8938, you must report your financial accounts maintained by a foreign financial institution. The following are considered reportable under the code: Financial accounts
Form 8938, statement of Specified Foreign Financial Assets Read More »
Required to be prepared and filed if you qualify for either physical presence test or Bona fide residence, exclusion amounts changes every year. For example, it was $105,900 in 2019
Form 2555. Foreign Income Exclusion Read More »
Planning for retirement can be an extraordinarily complex process, particularly when there are cross-jurisdictional issues like the Canada-US Tax Treaty. As a non-resident or expat, you will need to understand
U.S Taxes and Canadian Retirement plans Read More »
The country where I live does not tax it, So this is not an income? The IRS does not care how your foreign country, where you reside and make money
A US person may have international tax reporting obligations to the IRS if he owns more than 10% of the shares of a foreign corporation. US persons who may be
Reporting requirements for your interests in foreign corporations Read More »
American expats are happy to quickly end their tax ties to their former state of residence. Unfortunately, they are not always able to completely do so. This may result in
I do not have to file a state tax return because I moved abroad. Read More »
This is another area of frustration. Foreign mutual funds, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), and other pooled investments are generally classified as Passive Foreign Investment Companies for US Tax purposes or PFIC.
Are foreign investments treated like U.S. Investments? Read More »
Expat Taxes: Due to the complexity of US tax rules, some of the tax reduction and simplification ideas that are shared online among non-experts can turn out to be ingenious
The Company is on my spouse name, do I still have to report it in my expat taxes? Read More »
