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2. Expat Taxes – Americans Abroad

IRS Form 14653: A Weak Narrative Can Sink Your Streamlined Filing

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 penalty of perjury, explaining why your noncompliance was non-willful. Vague or generic narratives are the leading cause of streamlined rejection, and a rejected submission has no appeal. These are the questions that usually bring people to this page:

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What Are the IRS Streamlined Filing Compliance Procedures?

The Streamlined Filing Compliance Procedures are an IRS program for taxpayers whose failure to report foreign income, accounts, or assets was non-willful. You file three years of tax returns, six years of FBARs, and a signed certification explaining your conduct. Taxpayers who qualify under the foreign track pay no penalty. Taxpayers under the domestic track

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