U.S. TAX HELP FOR AMERICANS ABROAD
Get a written tax roadmap, help with your foreign-account reporting, or a workbook to organize your records. Choose the help you need, with the scope and price explained upfront.
Work directly with Chip Moreno. Personalized services start with a free request; you approve the scope and fee before paying. No call is required for the written services.
Organizing your own records? Get the $39 organizer — reusable workbook and PDF guide.
Chip Moreno · PTIN holder · Authorized IRS e-file Provider · Based in Ecuador
Directly with Chip, from your first question to the agreed deliverable.
Without a call
Start with a written Roadmap if you need direction. Choose the organizer to prepare your own records, or request help getting your FBAR filed.
Start here
$149
Personalized service · Free request
Get a personalized written assessment of your U.S. filing situation, the records you need, and your next steps.
Target: 3 business days after complete intake
No payment to submit. Scope and fee confirmed before work begins.
Download and get organized
$39
DIY workbook · One-time purchase
Keep your travel, foreign accounts, and tax documents organized with a reusable preparation workbook.
Workbook and PDF guide, delivered after payment
Account reporting
From $100
Personalized service · Free request
Send your foreign-account details securely. We prepare your FBAR, obtain your approval, and provide filing confirmation.
Target: draft ready in 5 business days after complete intake
No payment to submit. Scope and fee confirmed before work begins.
SERVICES
Federal income-tax preparation involving foreign residence, foreign-earned income, foreign taxes, and international filing considerations.
Learn moreForeign financial-account and asset reporting when applicable to the engagement.
Learn moreFor qualifying taxpayers addressing prior filing failures through the IRS Streamlined Foreign Offshore Procedures.
Learn moreFor filings involving additional schedules, foreign entities or assets, multiple income sources, or other facts requiring an individually defined scope.
Learn moreStart with a written Expat Tax Roadmap or a consultation if you need help choosing the next step.
HOW FILEABROAD IS DIFFERENT
FileAbroad is deliberately small.
I review the initial facts myself. If I accept the engagement, I prepare the return and communicate with you directly throughout the process. If I need more information, I ask you for it. Before anything is filed, you review the return with me.
I run FileAbroad while living abroad myself, currently in Ecuador.
THE PROCESS
Start with the years involved, where you live, your income, and any foreign accounts or filing concerns.
We review the facts together. If I can accept the work, I confirm what will be prepared, the price, and the records I need.
You upload the requested records through the secure portal. I prepare the return within the agreed scope.
Nothing is submitted until you've had an opportunity to review the completed return and ask questions.
A DELIBERATE FIT
If your return is straightforward and you're comfortable applying the international rules yourself, tax software may be enough.
If you need tax litigation, legal advice, audit representation, or a multidisciplinary engagement, you may need a larger firm or another specialist.
FileAbroad is designed for Americans abroad who want direct access to the person preparing their U.S. return.
You may still be a FileAbroad fit if you currently live in the United States. The relevant question is not only where you live today; it is whether your U.S. filing or reporting problem involves foreign accounts, assets, inheritance, gifts, property, entities, prior years abroad, or a return from living abroad. FileAbroad does not take ordinary domestic-only returns.
EXPAT TAX GUIDES
Start with the rules that most often determine how an American abroad needs to file.
Who qualifies, how the Physical Presence and Bona Fide Residence tests differ, and what the FEIE does — and doesn't — exclude.
Read the guideWhy the better approach depends on your income, foreign taxes, and longer-term situation.
Read the guideWhich accounts can trigger reporting, how the aggregate threshold works, and what information is reported.
Read the guideWho the procedures are intended for, what must be filed, and why non-willfulness matters.
Read the guideOccasional U.S. tax updates from FileAbroad. Unsubscribe anytime.
ABOUT FILEABROAD
I'm an American living in Ecuador and the founder of FileAbroad.
I built the practice specifically around U.S. taxpayers living outside the United States. I personally review each prospective engagement and work directly with accepted clients through preparation and filing.
FileAbroad is an Authorized IRS e-file Provider, and I hold a current PTIN as a paid U.S. tax return preparer.
BEFORE YOU START
These are the questions I most often need to resolve before determining the filing scope.
Yes. U.S. citizens and resident aliens generally remain subject to U.S. tax on worldwide income while abroad. Filing thresholds depend on your tax year and facts, and exclusions or credits do not necessarily remove the filing requirement. FBAR and other information reports are separate. Passport restrictions can apply in cases involving seriously delinquent federal tax debt; missing one return does not automatically trigger them.
The Foreign Earned Income Exclusion allows qualifying U.S. citizens and residents living abroad to exclude a significant amount of their foreign earnings from U.S. taxation. For tax year 2025 (filed in 2026), this exclusion is up to $130,000. To qualify, you must meet either the Bona Fide Residence test or the Physical Presence test.
FBAR (FinCEN Form 114) reports Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts. You must file if you have a financial interest in or signature authority over foreign accounts whose combined value exceeded $10,000 at any time during the calendar year. The deadline is April 15, with an automatic extension to October 15.
There are IRS procedures that may apply, including Streamlined procedures for eligible taxpayers. FileAbroad begins with scope screening and does not determine willfulness; uncertain intent, prior IRS contact, or legal exposure requires an appropriate attorney or credentialed-representative referral.
The FEIE, Foreign Tax Credit, housing provisions, totalization agreements, and some treaty provisions may reduce overlapping taxes, but eligibility and results depend on your facts. FileAbroad does not promise a tax result and refers treaty-based positions when appropriate. Foreign-country legal, tax, valuation, banking, remittance, title, and local-filing conclusions are outside FileAbroad's scope; confirm those with the relevant foreign authority and a licensed local professional.
It depends on the state’s current residency, domicile, and source-income rules and your facts. FileAbroad can screen whether a return may be in scope; disputed domicile, nexus, or legal-residency questions may require state-specific counsel or a credentialed reviewer.
READY TO START?
Need a plan before you file? Start with the $149 written Roadmap. Ready for preparation? Request a filing quote. You approve the scope and fee before work begins.
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