Foreign earned income exclusion

One more tip… If you are determining whether you even need to file a return for 2010, you must include earned income in determining whether you are over the threshold and need to file. This is irrespective of whether you qualify to back out the income using the...

Tips for filing individual US returns

We’ve been filed many thousands of US tax returns over the years and have some helpful tips to share. 1. US citizens and residents outside the US who avail of the automatic two-month extension need to attach a statement explaining this when filing by the due...

Extension of time for filing

2010 individual US returns are due for filing by 18 April. Unless an extension is available, as in these circumstances:   a) the US citizen or resident alien is outside the US at the due date, in which case an automatic 2-month extension of time for filing is...