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Taxation Warnings for Expats! 

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furlough finances vpn Roth IRA Limit Worksheet Missionaries Losing their Ministries Because of Money We all know colleagues who have

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Investments Retirement Taxation 

Life without a Retirement Account

19 December 201829 January 2021US tax

How can nonprofit workers save for retirement without access to conventional retirement accounts? The answer is really, really simple.

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Taxation 

Foreign Accounts Call for Specific Reporting Requirements

13 December 201829 January 2021US tax

If you have a financial interest in or signature authority over any foreign accounts, including bank accounts, brokerage accounts, mutual funds or trusts, you must disclose those accounts to the IRS.

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Investments Warnings for Expats! 

Why Americans Should Never Own Shares in a Non-US Mutual Fund (PFIC)

4 October 201829 January 2021Thun Financial, US tax

If you are investing your savings through a non-US financial institution, you need to learn what a Passive Foreign Investment Company is very quickly. Why?

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Investments Retirement Taxation Warnings for Expats! Winning Financial Freedom 

10 Investment Mistakes Made By Americans Abroad

24 May 201829 January 2021403b (401k), Foreign Tax, IRA, Thun Financial, US tax

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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Investments Savings Warnings for Expats! 

No expats allowed!

22 May 201829 January 2021US tax

My US brokerage account was frozen as a result of one stray comment. As I was chatting online about a

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This is a collection of freebies, low-cost and money-saving tools of particular interest to missionaries and limited-income workers. FREE or

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Earnings Savings Taxation 

Not expensing is expensive

10 May 201829 January 2021Foreign Tax, US tax

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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Earnings Investments Retirement Taxation Warnings for Expats! 

Top expat questions

20 April 201829 January 2021403b (401k), 529 College Account, College, Foreign Tax, IRA, US tax

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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US Tax Day
Taxation Warnings for Expats! 

Tax Day! Free FBAR filing

17 April 201819 March 2021US tax

My computer greeted me with “Tax Day!” as I signed in this morning. While we expats generally get an automatic

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