Andrew Coleman

A dormant foreign corporation is an inactive non-US corporation that may qualify for a shorter Form 5471 filing under Rev. Proc. 92-70, but dormancy does not automatically remove US reporting for the 2025 tax year. The IRS still looks at the owner’s Form 5471 filer category, ownership percentage, annual accounting period, and whether the co...

Every year, more Americans choose to build new lives overseas — nearly ...

Receiving a large gift or inheritance from someone abroad rarely creates a US income tax bill. What it can create is a reporting obligation. Under IRC §102, gifts and inheritances are excluded from the recipient’s gross income, but US persons must disclose qualifying foreign gifts on Form 3520 when the amount crosses specific threshold...

The US allows dual citizenship, and many countries worldwide permit it in some form, though no official master list exists. Whether you can actually hold a US passport plus a second one comes down to the nationality law of the other country – ...

The IRS generally has three years from the later of the return's due date or filing date to assess additional tax on most returns. Filing starts the clock even if you cannot pay the balance due. If you omit more than 25% of gross income, that window extends to six years. And if you never filed a return or committed fraud, there is n...

The IRS operates 3 active submission processing centers in 2026: Austin, TX; Kansas City, MO; and Ogden, UT. US taxpayers living abroad – including expats filing Form 1040 with Form 2555 – mail returns to Austin, TX 73301-0215 without payment or Charlotte, NC 28201-1303 with payment. Private delivery services use street addresses only...