The Expat's Guide to U.S. Taxes: 1998 (Mass Market Paperback)

by Jane A. Bruno (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Review
The Expat's Guide to U.S. Taxes is one guidebook that no expat should be without. Jane Bruno leads readers through the increasingly complex expat tax maze. Her straight-forward guide answers all of your most difficult tax questions. -- Betsy Burlingame, Editor, Expat Exchange

Product Description
This self-help book presents in simple and concise form the complicated U.S. tax laws that impact on Americans living overseas. It covers a wide range of topics, starting with the most common tax situations for Americans living overseas and ending with an appendix of tax forms and other important tax information. Numerous examples are used to clarify difficult points and tax saving tips are given where appropriate.

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 178 pages
• Publisher: J.A. Bruno (1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0966286901
• ISBN-13: 978-0966286908
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #4,008,260 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Check the IRS' website first, December 14, 2003

By	WilMiRe (Moscow, Russia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Expat's Guide to US Taxes: 2001/2002 (Paperback)

I have been living abroad for several years, and purchased this book when my tax situation became more complicated (i.e. when my income passed the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion). Although the information in the book is helpful, I found that the large majority of what I needed was available on the IRS' website, which is very user-friendly, contains a wealth of valuable information, and most importantly is free.

In particular, IRS Publication 54 "Tax Guide for U.S. Citizens and Resident Aliens Abroad" seemed to answer all of my questions, and there are hundreds of other publications available from the IRS that are very helpful, are written in plain English and contain many useful examples. Of course, if your tax situation is extremely complex, you may need more help, but in that case, you probably will need to seek recourse to a sophisticated tax advisor as opposed to a book.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Title? What Title?, March 18, 2000

By	l pollock (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Expat's Guide to US Taxes: 1999/2000 (Spiral-bound)

This book is an extremely helpful resource for expat tax issues. This subject is very difficult for an individual without a big company taking care of all the details. If I had found this book earlier, it would have saved me dozens of hours scouring the internet for relavent information. Note that this isn't a book to help you figure out the best way to wangle yourself into tax-freedom. You should get this book well before moving, use it to help you plan and then visit a professional - but at least you won't be paying a professional to cover the groundwork.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The writing and organization is excellent, November 2, 2000

By	Daniel Ginensky (Bet Shemesh Israel) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: The Expat's Guide to US Taxes: 1999/2000 (Spiral-bound)

I am an expat, and I found answers to many of my questions in this work book. I am not knowledgable enough in tax law to pass judgement on the quality of the information presented here. Expat tax law is complicated and intricate, involving many special cases which may not apply to you. The work book overcomes this through careful organization of chapters and topics. It is possible to locate topics of interest without having wade through large amounts of unrelated material. I gave this work book the fifth star for it's spiral binding, which makes it much easier to work with.