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Tax planning for Americans Living Abroad webpage provides some basic FAQs for beginning questions on tax planning while living abroad, you can also see their expat planning guide. 

10 Tax Planning Tips for the end of the year. Tax planning between now and the end...

Non-compliance has serious penalties, but the good news is that for late and non-filer expats the IRS has a procedure for low-risk taxpayers to catch up - without penalties - if they now voluntary file returns for the last 3 years and FBARs for the last 6 years.

 

IRS Announces Efforts to Help US Citizens Overseas Including Dual Citizens and Those...

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US Social Security & Medicare taxes may still apply to what you earn for services performed as an employee or independent contractor outside the US. When do they apply? See the article IRS Social Security Tax Consequences of Working Abroad.

IRS The 3.8% Net Investment Income Tax: information about key planning opportunities and pitfalls presented by the Patient Protection and...

Even though few US citizens and green-card holders living abroad owe any US taxes, most are required to file with the US government:

• US tax return to report their worldwide income; and, to report their foreign (non-US) financial accounts
• Form 8938, Statement of Specified Foreign Financial Assets, (filed with their tax return)
• FBAR = Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts...

It’s back!  The 2014 FAWCO-OVF website for user-friendly voter registration is on a computer near you…

Once again this year, we are proud to announce that, thanks to our long-standing partner Overseas Vote Foundation, military and overseas voters can register to vote and request their ballots directly from the FAWCO website, using the latest secure technology and benefiting from access...

When was the last time you visited your Congressperson?

Are you going to be in your "hometown" this summer, i.e. your voting district?  Ever thought about going to your Congressperson's “district” office (which is just as good as going to the DC office)?   Well, why would you want to do that?

In addition to a new experience (for you,