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We have over ten years of preparing US expatriate returns, non-resident alien and domestic US returns. This experience was with the Big 4 accounting firms. We use the same tax preparation software as Big 4 Accounting firms. Clients include expats in UK, Iraq (ie employees of KBR, ITT), Japan, China, Hong Kong, South Korea, Australia, Switzerland, Spain, Afghanistan, Ghana, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, Brasil, Ireland, Israel and growing each week! References are gladly provided from existing clients.
Updated on March 20, 2009: Dear Expats: If you did not receive your economic stimulus payment because you did not file your 2007 return by Oct. 15, 2008, don't worry. You can receive a payment in 2009 by filing a return when the filing season opens in January 2009 for 2008 returns. Details of this will be released by IRS shortly. You should file as early as you can in 2009.
If you have an SSN (not ITIN), you should file, even if you have not been filing because you are not required to file. ie a married couple with $8,000 in total gross income would not normally file. However, for 2008 you would want to file for the IRS to send your payment under President Bush's economic stimulus plan.
Remember, each taxpayer (ie husband and wife) is entitled to $600 each, and each child dependent is entitled to $300 each. Therefore, a family of four (two children) would be entitled to $1,800! Don't miss out in 2009, if you missed out in 2008.
2. Have you estimated your 2008 tax? If you are in low tax countries, ie Hong Kong, Singapore, you may owe tax. And you should also begin to make estimated tax payments for 2008. We can run these projections for you.
3. June 30, 2009: Please file your 2008 "foreign bank account reporting form" by this date. There are heavy penalties for not fiing it. If you had more than $10K in a foreign bank account (any account overseas ie brokerage), then you are required to file this form. See our 'organizers' page for this form.
June 15, 2009: Deadline to file an extension for federal return (for expatriates only). If you reside outside the US on 4/15/2009 you have an automatic extension until June 15, 2009 to file your US federal return. If you owe any tax, interest will accrue from 4/15/09. If you need to file an extension you can visit
www.officialpayments.com and file a Form 4868 and make an estimated payment. If you don't expect to owe tax pay $2 an get an extension!! Cheaper than going to the Post Office.
US expatriate and foreign national US tax returns for 2008 and all prior years are prepared for a fee beginning at US$275 for most returns (see Fees page for more detail). This is a special promotion for new customers in 2008! Send me an email. I will call you and we will get started. I will prepare your return in one week from the time we have all your information. Let me handle your US tax compliance requirements in the most effecient way so you don't have to worry.
Tax Consultation: Simple questions regarding US tax will be answered at NO cost. You do not have to be a client to send me a question. Please feel free to ask. If it will require more research, we will let you know. Feel free to send questions regarding itemized deductions, stock options, foreign earned income exclusion, foreign tax credits, non-filing of prior year returns, capital gains/losses or any other issue.
Prior Year Returns: Sponsoring Spouse for Green card and need to file urgently? We prepare returns for expats who want to begin to file again after not having done so for many years. A few of our clients have said our fees are lower than H&R Block! You should file before the IRS asks you to file! You also need to file prior year returns if you are going to sponsor your non US spouse for a US green card. We can do this on an urgent basis and quote you a discounted fee if we do multiple year tax returns.
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