US Tax News

(and how they’re eventually going to eat us all) Sooner or later the tax zombies (the US expat tax authorities) are going to win. They’re going to eat us all. We are all doomed and we will all be consumed by them. Most of us expatriates have been living our lives productively, forthrightly and contributing […]

This article is recreated here, as featured, by our very good friends at Expat Arrivals How does the IRS go about finding you – an American expatriate – when you have not filed your US income taxes and what are the potentially debilitating results? Living abroad for most of us is the adventure of a […]

The answer to the question whether one needs to file a tax return in 2014 or not depends on certain things, like your age, income level and whether you meet certain other requirements. Even if one does not have to file, it may be in your best interest to do so anyway in order to […]

I worry sometimes. Sometimes a lot. I’ve been living in and outside the States for some years and one time as I was leaving, back in 2010, I knew for sure that upon looking back at my beloved country – our United States of America, within a short period (I don’t know, months?) I’d be […]

For most US expatriates living abroad, the thing furthest from our minds is US tax compliance. We are residents in a new home, with new friends and new possibilities. We’re fully absorbed in all things that are new – and it can be a formative and life changing experience. When US expats think about their […]

Americans living abroad are a busy lot, to be sure. More than managing the typical day to day that folks Stateside deal with, we US expats do that and a lot more: There are new rules for living in our new host country. The culture is new. Perhaps there’s a new language to learn. In […]

It’s as simple as a punchlist, really. If you are able to gather the following documents then you’re well on your way to way to getting your taxes done both easily and accurately. The list is as follows – A copy of last year’s tax return Social Security Numbers for yourself and your spouse if […]

We suggest the most relevant approach to this question is to weigh the potential outcomes as a result of your situation – and usually there are two Option One – You choose to continue not filing your US taxes. This is both risky and, by US law, it is a criminal offense. The potential outcome to […]

This short story is an addendum to the blogpost by Greg Dewald on “Why you’re not filing your US income taxes“: Because my income was all earned abroad, (F2555 for the insiders), I did not have to pay US taxes while living overseas. I did, of course, file and pay taxes in the Netherlands, where […]

You’re an American living abroad and one of the things you must do, regardless of your personal circumstance, is to file an annual US tax return. There’s really no other reasonable option. Some, if not many, expatriates do not know they need to file an annual return. Others, for various personal reasons, may simply choose […]