Avoiding Double Taxation
US expats living abroad face a number of tax challenges, perhaps the most potent of which is the potential for “double taxation” – i.e., taxation of your income in both the United States and your…
Read MoreDouble Taxation
How U.S. expats avoid being taxed twice on the same income, using the foreign earned income exclusion, foreign tax credits and tax treaties.
Accidental Americans Claiming Discrimination
As reported by Reuters, a group of American citizens living in France filed a class-action lawsuit this past week against local financial institutions, alleging discrimination due to their U.S.…
Read MoreU.S. Tax Considerations for Digital Nomads
In today’s age of “digital nomads,” the idea of working remotely overseas continues to grow in popularity. New programs, such as Remote Year, have further facilitated overseas commuting by organizing…
Read MoreTaxing Capital Gains of Nonresident Aliens
For a unique group of foreign individuals (i.e., non-US citizens referred to in the tax world as “aliens”), living in the U.S. does not trigger “resident” status for tax purposes. These so-called…
Read MoreSelling Your Foreign Residence
One of the more common issues that our clients face in their expat tax filings is determining the proper tax treatment of the sale of their personal residence abroad. The following are some of the…
Read MoreA Quick Refresher on the Foreign Tax Credit
One of the fundamentally important tax concepts for U.S. expats to know is that the U.S. tax system has built-in mechanisms for preventing the “double taxation” of your income (i.e., tax in both your…
Read MoreWhy You Shouldn’t Self-File Your U.S. Expat Tax Return
As this year’s tax season heads towards its end, we continue to see more and more self-filers who have received notices from the IRS reassessing their tax liabilities due to mistakes or…
Read MoreU.S. Expats and IRS Tax Refunds
A number of clients have asked us whether a U.S. expat can receive a tax refund from the IRS despite living overseas. While the answer to this question can be nuanced depending on the circumstances…
Read MoreWhen Tax Treaties Don’t Help U.S. Expats
For many taxpayers, bilateral treaties can be an important tool for eliminating double taxation – i.e., tax in both the country of income source and the country of taxpayer residence or citizenship.…
Read MoreDebunking Common Myths of U.S. Expat Tax Returns
Many U.S. expats are often unaware of the fact that they need to continue to file a U.S. expat tax return even though they live and work outside the U.S. Each week our firm receives several inquiries…
Read More10 U.S. Expat Tax Filing Tips
It’s hard to believe, but once again we’re approaching that infamous time of the year when we all start to think about our U.S. taxes and pull together the energy needed to put this often complicated…
Read More10 Things Every U.S. Expat Should Know This Tax Filing Season
As we begin the 2020 tax filing season, there are several items that all U.S. expats should be aware of:
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