Andrew Coleman

For Americans abroad filing 2025 returns in 2026, the best expat tax service is the one that matches your filing complexity – not the one with the flashiest interface. A W-2 employee in London with no foreign accounts has different needs than a self-employed consultant in Singapore who owns a foreign corporation and missed two yea...

If you earned income outside the US in 2025 and paid foreign income tax on it, Form 1116 is the form that may reduce your US tax when you file in 2026. This guide explains who files it, how the limitation works, and how the credit flows to Schedule 3 – with a full worked example using two income categories. Who For...

For the 2025 tax year filed in 2026, US Social Security tax can still apply when an American works abroad, but the result depends on employee status, employer location, self-employment, and any Totalization Agreement. The 2025 Social Security wage base is $176,100, with a 6.2% employee rate. This guide separates payroll tax from benefit...

Individuals who itemize a 2025 return generally attach Form 8283 when their deduction for noncash charitable contributions is more than $500. Section A generally covers deductions over $500 through $5,000, while Section B generally covers items or groups over $5,000, with exceptions such as publicly traded securities. For 2025, non-cash...

A tax home in a foreign country is one of the core requirements for claiming the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion (FEIE). For a 2025 US tax return filed in 2026, a qualifying taxpayer can exclude up to $130,000 of foreign earned income on Form 2555, but living abroad or spending 330 days overseas does not by itself establish a for...

Renouncing and relinquishing US citizenship can produce the same nationality result, but they use different legal paths under INA Section 349 and can create different tax timing. For a 2025 expatriation filed in 2026, Form 8854, the $206,000 liability test, and the $890,000 gain exclusion are key federal tax figures. If the expatriation...