Foreign Account Compliance Tax
Expertise in helping US expats using the Streamlined Filing Procedures to the IRS to be complaint. Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act Reporting for US Expats FATCA (Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act) Forms must be completed by US expats residing outside the US if specified foreign assets exceed the following thresholds:
Single filing:
- $200,000 on the last day of the year
- Or $300,000 at any point during the year
Married filing jointly:
- $400,000 on the last day of the year
- Or $600,000 at any point during the year
Specified foreign assets include:
- Any financial account maintained by a foreign financial institution
- Other foreign financial assets held for investment that are not in an account maintained by a US or foreign financial
institution, namely:
- Stock or securities issued by someone other than a US person
- Any interest in a foreign entity
- Any financial instrument or contract that has as an issuer or counterparty that is other than a US person
Specified foreign assets would include your foreign bank accounts, but not assets such as your home.