Carpe Audit

Sometimes it can seem like nobody up there likes you. An audit from the IRS is, for example, a seemingly random event that ends up causing you generous amounts of stress, fear, and frustration. In all likelihood, you’ve probably never even been audited before anyway – you have no idea what to expect, you just…

Weathering the Storm of FATCA

The government is trillions of dollars in debt and raising taxes is never a very popular option for politicians… but going after taxes that should have been paid, but weren’t? That rarely loses Congress a vote, and so today’s expats are the new white whale of the IRS. Specifically, the U.S. Foreign Account Tax Compliance…

Foreign Income Exclusion

Let’s Talk About the Foreign Income Exclusion!   We are often asked questions regarding the foreign income exclusion and what type of income can be excluded.  As the name of the benefit applies, “earned income” is excluded…but the IRS definition may be very different from what you may assume. First, in order to qualify for…