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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

The first-time homebuyer credit has been extended to April 30, 2010. However, if you are living overseas you may not be able to claim this credit even if you purchase a house before that date. Clients, please check with us before assuming you will be eligible!

Did you know...?

If all of your salary is excluded under the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion, you are probably not eligible to contribute to an IRA or Roth IRA.