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Ok, fine, I’ll use TurboTax. I live and work abroad and Turbotax requires a US billing address to pay the fee of using Turbotax. :facepalm All the other self-
by ksimukka 11mo ago
Ok, fine, I’ll use TurboTax.
I live and work abroad and Turbotax requires a US billing address to pay the fee of using Turbotax. :facepalm
All the other self-service options do not work and I’m not sure if the risk is worth it to file it myself.
To my fellow Expats, what are you doing?
- thayne 11mo agoIf your tax situation isn't too complicated, it actually isn't too hard to fill out the forms yourself[1]. But if you are living abroad, unfortunately your tax situation probably isn't that simple. [1]: Although I find it incredibly frustrating the lengths they go to to avoid negative numbers on the forms.
- chneu 11mo agoDoes FreeTaxUSA work for you?
- LadyCailin 11mo agoI pay $500 a year for an accountant to do my taxes for me. And then tell me I owe nothing. Support the Tax Fairness for Americans Abroad group, they’re working on fixing this.
- ta988 11mo agoIf your accountant doesn't give you the forms AND worksheets, change accountant.
- LadyCailin 11mo agoThey do. The problem isn’t understanding the numbers, they gave me last year, it’s making sure I am doing things correctly for both my US taxes and Norwegian taxes, including following the specifics of the US/Norway tax treaty.
- hobs 11mo agoTurboTax is one of the products of Intuit, the company that's fucking us all over with this - its not fine, stop being ok with it.