by Marina Hernandez | Mar 27, 2021 | Coronavirus Tax Relief, Foreign Earned Income Exclusion, Stimulus Payments
In this post, we´re going to talk about ARPA, the American Rescue Plan Act, which recently became law, and FEIE (Foreign Earned Income Exclusion). Have you received your third individual payment, EIP3, yet? If you haven’t, possible reasons include: You have not filed...
by Marina Hernandez | Mar 13, 2021 | Coronavirus Tax Relief, Stimulus Payments
Close to a year ago, when the first coronavirus stimulus law was passed, the CARES Act, we received lots of messages from Americans living abroad with a big problem: they didn’t know how to cash their IRS check abroad. Fast forward to this week, and the IRS is getting...
by Marina Hernandez | Dec 28, 2020 | Coronavirus Tax Relief, Stimulus Payments
“It’s not the thought that counts. It’s the thoughtful thought that counts” – John Ruhlin President Trump signed the coronavirus economic relief package on Sunday December 27The relief package includes a second round of $600 direct payments to individualsThese...
by Marina Hernandez | Jul 26, 2020 | Coronavirus Tax Relief
I was expecting to have plenty to share with you this week on the tax front, as some of the key relief measures of the CARES Act expired at the end of this week or are set to expire in the coming days and months. The House of Representatives proposed a second round of...
by Marina Hernandez | May 24, 2020 | Coronavirus Tax Relief, Stimulus Payments
I kid you not. This. Is. Real. As you may remember, I devoted most of last week’s newsletter to the complexity of having to deposit a US government Economic Impact Check when living overseas. It turns out that this may not be much of an issue after all, whether...
by Marina Hernandez | May 17, 2020 | Coronavirus Tax Relief, Stimulus Payments
CLICK HERE FOR 2021 STIMULUS EIP3 CHECK UPDATE The IRS finally fixed the Get My Payment website to accept foreign addresses about 10 days ago, but it was too late for some Americans living abroad to provide their US bank information for the direct deposit, as the IRS...