Save both time and money by learning the ins and outs of taxes overseas.
Five years ago, I married an accountant.
He doesn't like to be identified that way, but, lucky for me, my husband has more than a decade's experience doing taxes…including expat taxes.
Read OnIf you reside overseas, full- or part-time, you have two tax burdens--one in the country where you've taken up residence…and one back in the good ol' US of A. Remember, an American never loses his responsibility to Uncle Sam.
Read OnRichard Leonard retired from the U.S. government after serving as an IRS agent for 28 years. He served overseas as an IRS agent for eight years (in France, Canada, and Senegal) and was in private practice in Ireland for six months. He currently lives and works in Bangkok, Thailand…and in the March print issue of International Living, he gives you his top tax tips for the American abroad:
Read OnI confess to having an aversion to taxes. Not only to paying them--something most of us probably don't like much--but also to spending my time and money figuring out how much I owe and how to file properly. Particularly as a U.S. citizen who lives abroad.
Read OnYou've moved overseas to start a new life. You've left your old job, your old worries--maybe even your kids--behind. But there's one thing you couldn't escape--that shadow that sticks with you no matter where you roam: your U.S. tax obligation. And now, as an overseas filer, you have a whole new set of rules to contend with.
Read OnThere exists an incredibly powerful wealth-building strategy that has been around since 1921, and is still used by the country's most savvy real estate investors. Remarkably, the IRS made this tax deferral possible.
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