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Expat health insurance: Costs, best plans, and coverage in 2026

Expat health insurance is a type of private medical cover for people living abroad for an extended period. According to William Russell's 2026 pricing data, the average pre...

J-2 visa taxes: tax return, residency status & filing rules 2026

Most J-2 visa holders have a US filing obligation, even when they earned no income. What you file depends on two things: whether you had US-source income, and whether you are still a nonresident alien for tax purposes. The two often get conflated, and that is where most filing errors begin. This article covers when a J-2 visa tax return...

Do Puerto Rico residents pay US taxes?

Puerto Rico is a US territory with its own tax system, which makes the answer different from the 50 states. For the 2026 filing season, based on 2025 income, bona fide residents can usually exclude Puerto Rico-source income from US ...

Giving up a green card: tax implications, abandonment process, and what happens next

Giving up a green card usually means filing Form I-407 with USCIS, then handling the final US tax year correctly. For 2025 returns filed in 2026, long-term residents may also need Form 8854 and may face an exit tax if they meet 1 of...

Form W-2 explained: how it works, what the boxes mean, and how to use it

A Form W-2 reports wages paid and taxes withheld for 1 calendar year, and this update focuses on 2025 W-2s received in early 2026. It also flags official 2026 Form W-2 changes that employers may see when preparing 2026 wage forms due to the SSA on February 1, 2027. This ...

Acceptable reasons for renouncing US citizenship: what it means and what happens next

You do not need an ‘acceptable reason’ approved by the US government, but your act must be voluntary, intentional, and informed. ...