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Welcome to Overseas Tax Services
Are you an American living overseas? Are you looking for information about US income taxes? Welcome to Overseas Tax Services! We specialize in moderate-income expatriate taxpayers, and have a particular interest in employees of American and international schools abroad. We currently have clients in 55 countries, mostly teachers and administrators at international schools. Read what some of them have to say about our services on the Testimonials page.

New Clients

Thank you so much to all of you who have expressed interest in our services. Unfortunately, we are now fully booked for the 2010 filing season. However, there is a lot of useful information on this website which might help answer your questions. We apologize for not being able to help you further at this time.

Returning Clients

Welcome back! The Resources pages have been updated for the 2010 filing season, so please have a look around. The better you understand the issues surrounding taxation of Americans overseas, the better we can help you. You'll also be glad to see that prices for 2010 will remain unchanged from 2009. For a reminder on what you need to do, click the "Getting Started" link in the Resources menu at the left side of your screen.

Getting started is as easy as 1, 2, 3...
  1. Get your overseas tax questions answered by visiting our Resources pages. You can learn about filing requirements and deadlines, the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion and how to qualify for it, rules about contributing to IRAs, state residency issues, and much more.
  2. If you're new to OTS, send us an This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it so we know you're interested, and tell us a little bit about your situation.
  3. When instructed, create an account (see box at left) to gain access to our secure Portfolio and Questionnaire areas. For detailed instructions on how to create an account, as well as what sort of documentation we'll need from you, click here.
That's it! We look forward to hearing from you.
 

Newsflash

Reminder! If you are overseas, the IRS gives you an automatic extension to June 15 to file your taxes. (But any tax due will be charged interest as of April 15.)

Did you know...?

You are still required to file an annual US tax return, even if you work overseas and don't owe any tax.