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 | Mar 11, 2021 | Stimulus Payments, Tax Myths
A few weeks ago I shared with you a two-part piece featuring 20 tax myths that was written by Kelly Erb Smith, a tax journalist at Bloomberg Tax. American Rescue Plan Act. I enjoyed her piece so much that I reached out to Kelly to suggest that she write one about US...
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 | Dec 23, 2020 | Stimulus Payments
The problem with the long view is that you have to survive the short term to get to the long term – John Authers Whether you celebrate Christmas or just New Year’s, the Holidays are coming early this year, and not a moment too soon! Congress has finally agreed...
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...
