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We have over twelve 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, Peru, Colombia, Mexico and growing each week! References are gladly provided from existing clients.
Updated on February 4, 2010: Tax Filing Season begins! Dear Expats:
1. You can now begin to file your 2009 return.
2. Have you estimated your 2009 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 2009 and 2010. We can run these projections for you.
3. June 30, 2010: Please file your 2009 "foreign bank account reporting form" by this date. There are heavy penalties for not fiing it. If you had more than $10K in foreign bank accounts (any account overseas ie brokerage , add each account balance and then see if you exceed $10K), then you are required to file this form.
June 15, 2010: Deadline to file an extension for federal return (for expatriates only). If you reside outside the US on 4/15/2010 you have an automatic extension until June 15, 2010 to file your US federal return. If you owe any tax for 2009, it is due on 4/15/2010 interest will accrue from this date. 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 2009 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 2009! Send me an email. I will call you and we will get started. For the month of February we can provide a discount even on this! 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. The fee for a prior year federal return could be as low as $225 if you are an employee (ie not self employed which requires more work).
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