US tax return 2025 Free potential analysis

Income, assets and inheritance in the USA · 16 articles

US taxes for you, explained in plain English.

The USA taxes by its own rules: who counts as a resident, which income is taxable there and when a return is due are not decided by the tax law back home. Mount Bonnell Advisors prepares your Form 1040 or 1040-NR, obtains your ITIN and catches up on missed years through the Streamlined procedure.

Here you'll find our guides to US taxes for individuals from Europe.

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US tax obligations as a European: when the IRS expects a return Resident or nonresident, 1040 or 1040-NR, ITIN, deadlines, estimated payments, tax treaties and missed years: the overview for Europeans. Read more → Which countries don't take part in the CRS? The list, and the USA Which countries stay out of the CRS, why the US goes its own way and what that means for your account. Read more → US Crypto Regulation 2026: Laws, Agencies and States How the SEC, CFTC, FinCEN, IRS and the states regulate and tax cryptocurrency. Read more → America takes your data. It gives very little back. FATCA, the Model 1 and Model 2 agreements, and why the US gives almost nothing back in automatic information exchange. Read more → US Tax Season 2026: getting your US tax return done Personal returns, exempt LLCs, corporations and partnerships: who has to file in the USA. Read more → Substantial Presence Test: when you file 1040 or 1040-NR Green card test, substantial presence test, days that don't count, closer connection to your home country and the treaty tie-breaker: how to determine your status and which form follows from it. Read more → Everything you need to know about Streamlined Filing Who qualifies, which forms you need for three years of taxes and six years of FBARs, and what happens to the penalties. Read more → Estimated Tax in the USA: Who Has to Prepay with Form 1040-ES Who has to make estimated payments in the USA, the thresholds, the due dates, how to pay and what falling behind costs, for residents and nonresidents. Read more → Expired ITIN: When to Renew It with Form W-7 When an ITIN expires, how to check its status, when renewal is required, how to fill out Form W-7 for it and what applies to your spouse and children. Read more → Applying for an ITIN with Form W-7: The Documents the IRS Requires Who needs an ITIN, what Form W-7 asks for, which documents the IRS accepts, which exceptions apply without a tax return and how Acceptance Agents and Certifying Acceptance Agents can help. Read more → Your US Tax Return in the Year You Move: Two Statuses in One Year Dual status, the residency start and end dates when you arrive or leave, the ten days that don't count, the First-Year Choice, joint filing and the sailing permit. Read more → Filing Late US Tax Returns: The Right Route When Years Are Missing Late Form 1040 or 1040-NR, the 16-month limit for nonresidents, Streamlined Foreign Offshore and Domestic Offshore, catching up on FBAR and information returns, and what follows back home. Read more → US Tax Return Deadlines: April 15, June 15 and Extensions April 15, June 15, October 15, December 15: which deadline applies to you, what Form 4868 extends and what it doesn't, what each month of delay costs and how the deadlines back home fit in. Read more → Setting Up a Trust in the USA: The Alternative to a Family Foundation Types of trusts, taxation, grantor and non-grantor trusts and the most popular states for nonresidents. Read more → Tax Treaties on Your US Tax Return: When You Need Form 8833 How a treaty position goes on your US return, when Form 8833 is required, what the tie-breaker triggers and how treaties allocate pensions, Social Security, dividends and gains. Read more →

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Sebastian Sauerborn is the founder of Mount Bonnell Advisors in Austin, Texas. He moved from London to the United States in 2008, spent years living on his own ranch in Bastrop County, and for more than twenty years has guided European entrepreneurs and families as they make the leap. He knows the questions you have right now not just from client files, but from his own life.

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