Archive - American Expat Lessons Learned

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, 2023 •

Warren O. Eaton

August 2023

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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, 2023 •

Warren O. Eaton

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, 2023 •

Warren O. Eaton

April 2023

Is FBAR efficiency an oxymoron?

Streamlining my FBAR preparations made it less of an oxymoron.

Apr 12, 2023 •

Warren O. Eaton

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, 2023 •

Warren O. Eaton

February 2023

🇺🇸 Expats’ black widow spider

FBAR, the silent overlooked threat to your financial health

Feb 25, 2023 •

Warren O. Eaton

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