Expat Taxes for Americans Abroad: The Basics You Can’t Skip
Americans abroad still file. FEIE thresholds, FBAR and FATCA reporting, foreign tax credits, and the traps — explained plainly, with honest caveats.
Americans abroad still file. FEIE thresholds, FBAR and FATCA reporting, foreign tax credits, and the traps — explained plainly, with honest caveats.
A practical moving-abroad checklist for families: visas, schools, healthcare, banking, pets, and the runway math — ordered by when each item actually matters.
Geoarbitrage inside the US: how state taxes, housing, and salary adjustments change the math of where you live — with the tradeoffs stated plainly and fairly.
Barista FIRE: part-time work covers part of your life, a smaller portfolio covers the gap. The math, the benefits gap, who it fits, and the tradeoffs.
Coast FIRE explained with verified math: the formula, a coast-number table by age, a not-yet-coasted example, and the four assumptions that can break it.
Lean, middle, and fat financial freedom numbers side by side, with honest 4% math, the healthcare wildcard, and why my own number changed twice.
The numbers to hit before quitting to full-time self-employment: a 12-month runway, real health costs, the 15.3% tax surprise, and a two-income bridge plan.
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Remote work changed raise negotiations. How to pull real market data, run the scripted ask, pick timing, and route the raise so it compounds for decades.
One job is the real risk. The layered-income framework I use: a cash floor, a real second stream, and assets — with a build order and honest timelines.