I moved to the UK in 2021 and honestly had no idea that US citizens still need to file US tax returns while living overseas. Since I’ve been employed by a UK company and paying taxes here the whole time, I assumed that covered everything.
Recently I found out that the US still expects annual tax filings even for expats, and now I’m sitting on four years of unfiled returns and stressing myself out over it. I keep reading about the “streamlined filing compliance procedures” for expats who accidentally fell behind, but the IRS explanations are incredibly confusing and hard to follow.
Has anyone here actually gone through the process of catching up on multiple years of missed US tax filings while abroad? Did you hire an expat tax specialist or handle it yourself? Also curious whether the streamlined program genuinely helped avoid penalties or if people still ended up dealing with fines and complications.
Would really appreciate hearing from anyone who’s been through this because right now it feels pretty overwhelming.
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