Guides
US expat tax guides
Educational articles, not individualized advice.
- Owe $0 in US tax abroad? Do you still have to file?
- Can the IRS find expats who don't file? (FATCA explained)
- FBAR and the $10,000 rule: misconceptions that cost expats
- Digital nomad taxes: FEIE, self-employment tax, and the forms nobody mentions
- Form 5471 for US expats with a foreign company
- Form 8621 and PFICs: why your foreign mutual fund is a US tax problem
- Form 3520: foreign gifts, inheritances, and foreign trusts
- IRS Notice CP14 for expats: what it means and what to do
- Foreign Earned Income Exclusion (FEIE)
- Bona fide residence & physical presence tests
- Accidental American US tax obligations
- US tax residency from a family-based green card, even if you never move
- Korean citizenship, US naturalization, and what the IRS actually wants