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PFIC Edge Cases: What Most Form 8621 Calculations Miss

By Edward Parsons, CPA · licensed since 2009 Key takeaways You got this far. You know the fund is a PFIC,

Form 8621 Filing Exceptions: Every One, and Where Each Stops

By Edward Parsons, CPA · licensed since 2009 Key takeaways You got this far. You know your fund is a PFIC,

Fund Mergers, Splits and Spin-Offs: PFIC Events That Don’t Look Like Sales

By Edward Parsons, CPA · licensed since 2009 Key takeaways You got this far. You know the fund is a PFIC,

Wash Sales and PFIC Shares: The Loss and Holding Period That Move

By Edward Parsons, CPA · licensed since 2009 Key takeaways You got this far. You know the fund is a PFIC.

PFIC Currency Translation: Spot Rates, Fund-Currency Math and Pence

By Edward Parsons, CPA · licensed since 2009 Key takeaways You got this far. You know your fund is a PFIC.

PFIC Losses: Why a Loss on One Block Doesn’t Offset a Gain on Another

By Edward Parsons, CPA · licensed since 2009 Key takeaways You got this far. You know your fund is a PFIC.

The PFIC Interest Charge: Daily Allocation, Top Rates, Daily Compounding

By Edward Parsons, CPA · licensed since 2009 Key takeaways You got this far. You know the fund is a PFIC,

The PFIC 125% Test, Block by Block

By Edward Parsons, CPA · licensed since 2009 Key takeaways You got this far. You know the fund is a PFIC

ISIN, Listing or Charter: What Makes a Fund Foreign for PFIC Purposes

By Edward Parsons, CPA · licensed since 2009 Key takeaways You got this far, so I’ll skip the basics. You know

PFIC Lot Tracking: Why Every Purchase Is Its Own Calculation

By Edward Parsons, CPA · licensed since 2009 Key takeaways You got this far. You know the fund is a PFIC.

Tainted and Clean PFIC Lots: One Fund, Two Tax Treatments

By Edward Parsons, CPA · licensed since 2009 Key takeaways You got this far. You know your fund is a PFIC,

The PFIC Start-Up Exception: When a New Fund’s First Year Doesn’t Count

By Edward Parsons, CPA · licensed since 2009 Key takeaways You got this far, so I’ll skip the basics. You know

Which Tax Software Supports Form 8621? The DIY Programs Compared

By Edward Parsons, CPA · licensed since 2009 Key takeaways People ask me which tax software to use for Form 8621,

Expat Tax Software and Form 8621: Expatfile, MyExpatTaxes and H&R Block Expat

By Edward Parsons, CPA · licensed since 2009 Key takeaways Living abroad changes which funds you can buy. The bank down

Cash App Taxes and Form 8621: Why “Small” Doesn’t Mean Simple

By Edward Parsons, CPA · licensed since 2009 Key takeaways Free tax software is built for straightforward returns, and most of

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Hidden Costs in the IRS Streamlined Process

Discover unexpected fees and expenses in the IRS Streamlined Filing Compliance Procedures. This guide reveals what expats

Costa Rica Real Estate Holding Companies: U.S. Tax Risks, Form 5471 Pitfalls, and Investment Property Reporting

A Costa Rica holding company can create Form 5471 reporting for its U.S. owners even when the

Costa Rica Real Estate Owned Through an S.A. or S.R.L.: When U.S. Owners May Need Form 5471

A U.S. person who owns Costa Rica real estate through an S.A. or S.R.L. may need to

FBAR and Foreign Life Insurance: When a Policy With Cash Value Becomes a Reportable Account

A foreign life insurance or annuity policy with a cash value is an other financial account for

A Weak Streamlined Filing Narrative Can Trigger IRS Problems. Here’s Why.

Form 14653 is the certification for the Streamlined Foreign Offshore Procedures. It carries a narrative, signed under

FBAR for Crypto, Gambling, and Offshore Payment Accounts: When Is There a Foreign Financial Account?

Money sitting offshore is not automatically an FBAR account. The report reaches bank accounts, securities accounts, and

FBAR and Foreign Crypto Exchanges: Current Rule, Conservative Filing, and Form 8938

Under FinCEN Notice 2020-2, a foreign account holding only virtual currency is not currently defined as a

Foreign Non-Grantor Trusts and FBAR: Can Signature Authority Create a Filing Obligation Without Ownership?

Yes. A U.S. person who is not the tax owner of a foreign non-grantor trust can still

FBAR for U.S. Business Owners With Foreign Bank Accounts: Entity Account or Personal FBAR?

Your business can owe its own FBAR. U.S. persons include domestic corporations, partnerships, LLCs, trusts, and estates,

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