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Your Feedback Matters! Participating in Our Customer Satisfaction Survey 2025
We highly value your opinion and would love for you to participate in our Customer Satisfaction Survey 2025 if you received any of our services during the year 2024. This survey is an essential tool that helps us continuously improve the quality of our offerings and...
Understanding IRS3: Tax Obligations for Expats in Portugal
The Importance of a Certified Tax Preparer For U.S. expatriates living in Portugal, fulfilling tax obligations in both countries can be a complex and challenging process. The Portuguese individual tax return, IRS3, is required for residents in Portugal, while U.S....
Filing Form 1040 with a Certified Tax Preparer
Paying taxes is a fundamental obligation for all individuals and businesses operating in the United States or abroad. Taxes provide the government with the necessary funds to support public services such as education, healthcare, infrastructure, and national defense....
Streaming of the seminar on Fiscal Obligations of U.S. Expatriates Living in Portugal
Fiscal Obligations of U.S. Expatriates Living in Portugal Below we have placed the streaming of Seminar hold in Lisbon last February 20th on the Tax Obligations of U.S. Citizens in Portugal. An informative and eye-opening event on the Fiscal Obligations of Expats...
Email Reveals Musk Ally Pushing to Shut Down IRS Free Tax Filing Program
By Nick Robins-Early – The Guardian The program is apparently being closed according to email from former Tesla engineer installed in GSA An Elon Musk ally installed in the US government said in a late night email going into Saturday that the office behind a popular...
Tax Season Just Got More Confusing.
The IRS was starting to modernize—then the Trump administration intervened, by Lora Kelley (The Atlantic) Americans love to hate the IRS, that historically unpopular revenue-collection agency with its slow processes and fax machines and many, many forms. But recently,...
The ITIN nightmare.
For the 2022 tax year, the IRS received 3.8 million tax returns and a total $20.9 billion in income, Medicare and Social Security taxes from taxpayers with individual taxpayer identification numbers. Picture this reality at one department at the Internal Revenue...
What is the IRS three-year rule and how does it affect your taxes?
Tax season can be complicated, and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has plenty of rules, restrictions and deadlines in place that can make things even trickier. Among these, the three-year rule stands out as particularly important, yet many taxpayers are unclear...
Tax season 2025: Everything you need to know about deadlines, refunds, audits and more
By Chris Morris FORTUNE Tax season 2025 Brace yourself. It’s tax season. Starting Jan. 27, the Internal Revenue Service will once again begin accepting and processing 2024 returns. The good news? Things are actually getting better at the IRS. The head of the National...
IRS announces Jan. 27 start to 2025 tax filing season
Jan. 27 start to 2025 tax filing season The Internal Revenue Service announced that the nation’s 2025 tax season will start on Monday, Jan. 27, 2025, and will feature expanded and enhanced tools to help taxpayers as a result of the agency’s historic modernization...
You’re Invited to Join Our Upcoming Events!
You're Invited to Join Our Upcoming Events! We are excited to announce two face-to-face seminars, and a webinar focused on the Fiscal Obligations of U.S. Expatriates Living in Portugal. These events will provide valuable insights and essential information for...
A Faster and More Convenient Way to Request a Social Security Number and Card
January 10, 2025 • By BJ Jarrett, Acting Deputy Associate Commissioner Do you need an original Social Security number or a replacement Social Security card? We offer a faster and more convenient way for you to start – and possibly finish – the application online. When...
The New Tax Season 2025 is Coming Soon
When does tax filing season start? A new year can mean many new, exciting things. But it also means that tax season is just around the corner. Soon Americans will have to do the yearly task of filing their tax returns for the previous year. For some, it's a walk in...
Need To Know! Session on Fiscal Obligations of Expats living in Portugal. February 20th, 2025, at 15:30pm. Also in Streaming.
Registration required American Club of Lisbon. Attention all U.S. expats living in Portugal: Your deadline for the 1040 in the U.S is June 16th, 2025 Are you aware of your fiscal obligations as Expat living in Portugal? Werther you are U.S. Citizen or from any other...
Need To Know! Session on Fiscal Obligations of Expats living in Portugal. February 19th, 2025, at 11:00am
Registration required American Club of Lisbon. Attention all U.S. expats living in Portugal: Your deadline for the 1040 in the U.S is June 16th, 2025 Are you aware of your fiscal obligations as Expat living in Portugal? Werther you are U.S. Citizen or from any other...
Accidental Americans
Who are Accidental Americans? "Accidental Americans" are people who, although they have not lived in the United States and have no direct link to the country, have U.S. citizenship due to factors such as being born in U.S. territory or having one of their parents be...
Taxation of U.S. Citizens and Resident Aliens (Green Card Holders) Living Abroad
For U.S. citizens or resident aliens (green card holders), the rules for filing income, estate and gift tax returns and paying estimated tax are generally the same whether they are in the United States or abroad. They are subject to tax on worldwide income from all...
Deadline to claim the 2021 Recovery Rebate Credit
IRS announces special payments this month to 1 million taxpayers who did not claim 2021 Recovery Rebate Credit. The IRS encourages non-filers about approaching deadline to claim credits. As part of continuing efforts to help taxpayers, the Internal Revenue Service...
New Residency Based Tax Bill Introduced in the House of Representatives
From Democrats Abroad December , 2024 Democrats Abroad welcomes the introduction of the Residence-Based Taxation for Americans Abroad Act from Congressman Darin LaHood (R-IL-16). Years of commitment and dedication by Democrats Abroad has laid important groundwork to...
Non-Habitual Resident (NHR) regime in Portugal
The Non-Habitual Resident (NHR) regime in Portugal is still in place as of 2024. This tax regime was introduced in 2009 to attract foreign nationals and former Portuguese residents who have not been tax residents in Portugal for the previous five years. The NHR regime...
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