[ksimukka]

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?

[LadyCailin]

I 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]

If your accountant doesn't give you the forms AND worksheets, change accountant.

[LadyCailin]

They 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.

[thayne]

If 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]

Does FreeTaxUSA work for you?

[hobs]

TurboTax 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.