Despite what the media would have you believe, numerous legal and legitimate reasons exist to use an offshore company. In the past, many of those who dealt in offshore circles...
2025 US Foreign Earned Income Exclusion: the Ultimate Guide
With 195 countries in the world, many of us don’t want to spend our entire lives living in just one. In fact, the number of US citizens living overseas in 2024 was...
Free Passports: How to Get Paid to Get Second Citizenship
Updated October 17, 2020 Dateline: Yerevan, Armenia With a new administration in power here in Armenia, the previous government’s all-but-finalized citizenship by investment...
IRS Form 5472: Tax Filing for US LLCs Based Offshore
To say that the US tax code is complicated would be a vast understatement. There are forms for every possible situation, income source and individual. There are even tax...
How to Become a European Citizen: Getting an EU Passport
Dateline: Istanbul, Turkey A lot of people are looking for second passports these days. The big question for many of these people is not whether or not they need a second...
19 Fake Citizenship by Investment Programs Revealed
Dateline: Dubai, United Arab Emirates Last year, we received a call from a frantic family that claimed they needed to get second passports very quickly. The husband explained to...
How to Use an Offshore Company for Cryptocurrency Tax Benefits
In this article, we will go over the most important cryptocurrency basics and some general warnings about how to handle your cryptocurrency dealings based on personal and client...
US Tax Deadlines for Expats: How and When to File
Last updated October 27, 2020, with the most recent tax deadline extensions issued by the IRS in response to COVID-19 Dateline: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Did you ever take a sick...
Five Ways to Obtain a Second Citizenship
The offshore world changes with the tide. Still, as an experienced expat, you get used to going with the flow and, indeed, the ebb of everyday life. Whatever happens in the...
The Unforeseen Consequences of the Trump Tax Reform on US Expats
Dateline: Tbilisi, Georgia Just last week, the House and Senate approved the Tax Reform bill and President Donald Trump signed it into law last Friday, December 22nd before...
