Falco & Kree
A tax blog, told through story.
The characters are fiction. The tax situations are not.
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Forms & Filings
The FBAR, explained like a detective case
Every year, somewhere around $10,000, a quiet report becomes mandatory.
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Planning & Strategy
I Made My Money and Chose the World. Now My Tax Return Has Four Countries in It.
Meet Falco: Kree's oldest friend, a self-made American living everywhere, and the reason PFIC reporting exists in your nightmares.
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Income Types
I'm Self-Employed and Moving Abroad. Does the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion Cover Me?
Meet Makeda: Ethiopian-American food creator, nearly a million followers, and about to discover the number nobody put in her spreadsheet.
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Expat Basics
I Live in Thailand and Work Remotely for a US Company. Here Is What My Tax Return Actually Looks Like.
Kree has a W-2, a Muay Thai visa, and an employer who does not know she left.
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Forms & Filings
The IRS Rejected My Wife's Foreign Income Exclusion. Can We Just Switch to the Credit This Year?
Meet Van: brilliant engineer, methodical about everything, about to make a very expensive mistake.
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Expat Basics
I Left a Good Job and Moved to Thailand. The IRS Came With Me.
Meet Kree: digital nomad, Muay Thai fighter, and the person this blog is built around.
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