tax (us)

My apologies if this has been covered before, but I've searched the wiki and in general as best I can without any clear answers. I'm retired US military and now a PR (via spouse) for less than 5 years (5 years seems to be an important milestone in my reading or my misinterpretation). Is...

Hi folks. Noob here. I am a U.S citizen living in japan and I am trying register for a interactive brokers japan account. I live, work and receive all my income from japanese sources, and 0 from the US. When I fill in the personal information on the Interactive brokers japan website to open an...

I'm moving back to the US and filling out my W-4 for my new job there. My son will remain here in Japan with my wife, who will both move to the US later this year. Can I claim him as a dependent on my W-4?

Hi all, I'm a U.S. green card holder with Japanese citizenship, about to be based in Japan as an expat in the coming months. I was wondering if anyone here could shine some light on how to manage a stock portfolio in my situation. I was pretty clueless but upon doing some research, I now...

I'm planning on moving back to the US for good in January. At the same time, I also need to renew my passport before then, but I'm paranoid about not getting my passport approved because I never filed for US taxes. - I've never made over 30k here in Japan, always have been low income. I've...

This year will be my first time required to file using the Foreign Tax Credit since I'm over the income threshold for FEIE. Does anyone have recommendations for an online service like H&R Block or others to help guide? I already filed my FBAR as well. I contacted a Tax Consulting Service and...

Given PFIC rules, it's not generally advisable to buy funds as a US person, but I've heard of US people still using NISA accounts to buy individual Japanese stocks. I was wondering how the US taxes on this works out and if the tax liability could be offset by your other taxable passive income. I...

(NB: I've already reached out to tax professionals, just curious what knowledgeable folks here think in the meantime.) My partner and I are studying on a student visa for 2 years in Tokyo. Our budget is $40,000 the first year, and $40,000 * 1.03 (3% inflation factor) the second year. We have...