If you have US income but do not live here, or you are a US person living somewhere else, your return has moving parts most preparers skip. We do this every season.
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A nonresident with US rental income is not on the same form as a resident. An American in Kyiv or London is filing in two countries at once. Get the residency status wrong, miss a treaty position, or skip a foreign account, and the return is either overpaid or exposed. Most generalist preparers quietly avoid these because the forms are unfamiliar. They are our normal week.
US rental, business, or platform income, with the right withholding treatment and any treaty positions you are entitled to.
Foreign earned income exclusion and foreign tax credit, coordinated so the same income is not taxed twice.
FinCEN 114 when your non-US accounts cross the reporting threshold, plus Form 8938 where it applies.
The year you arrive or leave, when part of the year is resident and part is not.
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One paragraph is enough to start: where you live, where the income is, what you have filed before.
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You get a plain answer on which forms apply and a flat fee before any work starts. No surprise hourly bills.
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You see the return and the reasoning before anything is filed.
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Your documentation is organized for next year, because cross-border cases are rarely one and done.
The cross-border and not-so-simple cases the software firms send away, we take on.
US rental, business, or investment income earned by someone who does not live in the United States.
US citizens and green card holders overseas who need two tax systems to work together rather than against each other.
People arriving in or departing from the US, where part of the year is resident and part is not.
Anyone whose accounts, income, or family sit in more than one country.
The practice pairs an IRS Enrolled Agent, Alina Prykhodko, who is federally licensed to represent taxpayers before the IRS in all 50 states, with Julia Buinaya, a QuickBooks Online ProAdvisor and IRS Annual Filing Season Program participant. Between them they prepare Forms 1040, 1040-NR, 1065, 1120, 1120-S, 5471, 5472, and FBAR every filing season, from California and Wisconsin.
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We will tell you which forms apply and what it costs. No jargon, no obligation. Being years behind is a normal conversation here, not a confession.