Longer explainers on the history, mechanics, and edge cases behind Form 8938 and FATCA reporting.
How a 2010 law aimed at offshore tax evasion created a form millions of Americans now attach to their returns.
Read the article →Foreign pensions, joint ownership, entity-held accounts — the specific situations where Form 8938 and the FBAR genuinely diverge.
Read the article →Which exchange rate, what "maximum value" means, and how to handle assets a foreign institution won't easily value.
Read the article →Foreign pensions are usually reportable — but valuing them and coordinating with treaties is where it gets hard.
Read the article →The eight filing errors that show up most often — and how a few minutes of double-checking avoids each one.
Read the article →Americans abroad get much higher thresholds, but the same rules and the same penalties. Here's what to know.
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