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Expat IRS escape routes
How to put 1040's and FBARs in the rearview mirror
Oct 20
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Warren O. Eaton
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If you know what an FBAR is, I’m sorry.
You're a member of a club with over 1.4 million members who didn't want to join.
Oct 11
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Warren O. Eaton
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September 2023
Timely & flawed is better than late & perfect
If you're an American living abroad, you may have to file an FBAR. For FBARs there are no degrees to being late. It’s binary. Your FBAR was late or it…
Sep 21
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Warren O. Eaton
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August 2023
The American expat crime of FBAR ignorance
Breathtaking reporting penalties for middle-class Americans living abroad
Aug 30
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Warren O. Eaton
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FBAR adventures of a kid hockey team treasurer
The Foreign Bank Account Report isn’t just about bank accounts
Aug 3
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Warren O. Eaton
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July 2023
Not filing an FBAR might cost you more than not filing a 1040
Filing an FBAR seems unimportant. It’s not. It’s cheap financial disaster insurance.
Jul 25
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Warren O. Eaton
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Not filing an FBAR might cost you more than not filing a 1040
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Should you tell Uncle Sam you’re an American?
There are good reasons not to.
Jul 13
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Warren O. Eaton
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Should you tell Uncle Sam you’re an American?
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June 2023
Are you an American with a foreign bank account?
You really need to know what an FBAR is.
Jun 21
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Warren O. Eaton
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May 2023
𝗛𝗮𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗙𝗕𝗔𝗥?
A startling US Department of Treasury regulation states that "... a child is responsible for filing his or her own FBAR report."
May 15
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Warren O. Eaton
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𝗛𝗮𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗙𝗕𝗔𝗥?
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April 2023
Is FBAR efficiency an oxymoron?
Streamlining my FBAR preparations made it less of an oxymoron.
Apr 12
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Warren O. Eaton
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March 2023
Crime-Punishment Mismatch
The Foreign Bank Account Report (FBAR) is an annual filing required of any American who has foreign financial accounts whose calendar-year maxima total…
Mar 25
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Warren O. Eaton
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February 2023
🇺🇸 Expats’ black widow spider
FBAR, the silent overlooked threat to your financial health
Feb 25
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Warren O. Eaton
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