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A healthy, happy and prosperous New Year to family, friends, clients and expats everywhere who are celebrating.
Living abroad as an expat you have the opportunity to claim a Foreign Tax Credit to avoid dual taxation. Dual taxation is when two different countries impose tax on the same income. By completing Form 1116 and attaching it to your Individual U.S. expat tax return, you can claim this credit and avoid paying US…
HOW TO GET COPIES OF YOUR PREVIOUSLY FILED TAX RETURNS As a US Expat, you will need a lot of important tax documents in order to file your tax return. Top on the list is a copy of your last year’s tax return. The chore of finding any past tax documents can be discouraging as…
When you become an expat and move outside of the United States for your new job in another country, you will have many questions about your expatriate status. No matter how much research you did as you prepared to move to Dubai, Shanghai, London, Paris, Tel Aviv or Sydney, you’ll still not be totally prepared for this new phase in your personal and professional life. The staff of Expatriate Tax Returns considers…
What Do You Know About FATCA? Well, the IRS is up to their tricks again, making life a little more difficult on our expat citizens. The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act is designed to improve tax compliance regarding offshore bank accounts. An interesting statistic…of the 7.2 billion expats, the US Department of Treasury has only…