COMPREHENSIVE BLOG ABOUT U.S. EXPAT TAXES

The goal of this blog section on Foreign National-Nonresident Aliens – Non U.S. citizens or non U.S. green card holders living and working here in the U.S.- (Non U.S. citizens or non U.S. green card holders living and working here in the U.S.)is to provide information for Foreign National-Nonresident Aliens to consider prior to accepting a U.S. assignment. From the general concepts of U.S. taxation of ways in which the U.S. taxation of nonresident alien persons living and working inside the U.S. can be minimized, this blog section will focus on the Substantial Presence Test (SPT), the 183 day test with a two year look-back period, the U.S. tax consequences of U.S. tax residency, ways in and out of U.S. tax residency, residency start and termination dates as applicable, implications after U.S. tax residency ends, the U.S. tax forms a nonresident alien will file, possible dual statuses and various elections available all in an effort to minimize U.S. tax liabilities. Including briefly U.S. income tax treaties.