Recent content by mandom74

You don't really have to "set up" the FEIE. You either meet the criteria or you don't. It's not super complicated IMO. I've been doing it for years. But I also have no desire to spend any significant time in the USA so frequently I don't use much/any of my 35 days a year.

So can any bank. I'm already at risk of that because I don't live in the US and just use my mom's address for my mailing address. So my risk factor isn't really increasing IMO.

I've been talking through all of this with my tax guy and he said it would increase a couple hundred for additional forms, but not a huge amount. Sadly, I don't cross the $100k limit so point 2 won't be an issue. :(

Sadly, I won't have my 2nd passport as soon as I want to do this. But, I can use transferwise for everything so no need for a bank account.

T Thanks, will check it out.

I'm a freelancer. So I'm not an employee of anyone at this point.

My tax guy doesn't do this kind of thing and no one I know has one who does. Trying to weed through the scammers online is a challenge so I thought someone here might have a recommendation. I will be getting a 2nd passport next year. But that won't solve my problem as I'll have to pay SE taxes...

So people are only allowed to ask questions here if they have something to hide? That's pretty dumb. If someone knows how to do it black hat, they know how to do it white hat. I don't need someone like PwC or Deloitte for this. Even if most people here aren't 100% legit, they likely know of...

Hi Everyone. I'm a new user and I've been reading frantically but hopefully I'm not breaking any rules. I wanted to get opinions on which country would be best for my situation in your significantly more educated opinions. Overview: I'm a US citizen who qualifies for the FEIE. I do not have...