Missionaries Quitting Because of Money
We all know colleagues who have left their field of service. Sometimes it is to embrace a new opportunity in
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Foreign Tax
10 Investment Mistakes Made By Americans Abroad
10, 12 or 200 mistakes. Each one weighs heavily on the limited-income, US expatriate. So, while a few of these
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Not expensing is expensive
I’m weird about money. I listen to financial podcasts in the gym, I read expat tax websites at midnight, and
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Top expat questions
A well-meaning friend recently told me that US expat missionaries and nonprofit workers have basically the same personal finance issues
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A 529 trick for expats
Any day that you find a way to legally protect investment dollars from the tax man is a good day!
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Do you understand your W-2?
Many of us receive a W-2 in February (although some nonprofit workers and missionaries do get a 1099 instead). If
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Don’t worry about the Gift Tax?
Remember that generous couple, Stan and Serena Donor, who came up to you and said, “We’d like to give you
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Taxation: They All Love You and Your Money
Benjamin Franklin asserted: “in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” What he didn’t
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