This is Tabitha with Greenback Expat Tax Services... Tax time is in full swing and we want to help! Feel free to ask your general US expat tax questions below. We will also be sharing resources and tips throughout the year so you are aware of any breaking tax news that effects expats.

I am moving to South Africa and will need to start filing both SA tax forms and USA tax starting tax year 2020. I have made contact with a CPA in SA who has experience and can do the SA filings. Can someone recommend a company or person here in the US who knows the process of expat tax filings...

Hi all, My partner is a US national now living in New Zealand still in the transitional tax resident stage meaning her USA investments are not yet subject to New Zealand capital gains tax. She has some USA-based equity investments with some hefty unrealised long term capital gains. She is also...

Hi there, I'm a US citizen moving back to the USA from the UK. I was self-employed part-time in the UK between 2016-2017. My earnings totalled up to 3900 pounds which is quite a low amount, so I am curious as to whether I need to file my taxes to the IRS for this time period. I was a student...

If you are a digital nomad or are thinking of traveling or moving abroad and have done any research on FEIE and ObamaCare regulations, I am sure you have been frustrated and confused, just as I have. I am hoping someone can be so kind to share their knowledge: I will be leaving on a RTW trip...

Good afternoon everyone, I have joined the forum to ask a question if I may: I am a professional UK Financial Adviser of 15 years standing thinking of a move to Spain with my partner Lesley who is an Insurance Adviser (life, critical illness etc). I lived in Palma de Mallorca for 5 years...

If you are an American living abroad, and you have foreign bank or investment accounts with a combined balance greater than USD $10,000, the American IRS is after YOUR money! The Foreign Asset Tax Compliance Act requires US citizens to file FinCen Form 114, Report of Foreign Bank and Financial...

My friend told me that the Spanish government has introduced (or is looking to do so) a one-off 25% tax on all expat assets - even those held overseas. Surely this cant be right?

Hello I was born in the States but moved to Switzerland when I was 1. I did move back to the State for school but I've been living back in Switzerland since 2007 now. I seem to have the same problem as many people do. Didn't know I had to file us tax returns and now I'm trying to get up to...

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Some tax filing relief for expats starting September 1st. The kinder, friendlier IRS just announced a special program to reduce the filing requirement stress of expats who didn't know that they had to file. Starting September 1st, they are launching a special program for "low compliance risk"...

Having only recently found out that as US citizen, I was meant to be filing tax returns in the US, I am in the process of filling in my past year forms. I have got most of them done but have hit a small snag. In 2007 the exchange rate was quite high - if the rate had not been so high I would...

Hi everyone: I just had a nice lunch with Baird68 and we want to organize a GTA meeting to discuss issues of Expat tax, FBAR, FATCA and renunciation of citizenship. We decided first to contact folks on the forum to determine how many people might want to come to such a meeting, and then we...