Expatriate Tax Forms

A US person living abroad may need to attach some less common forms to his or her Form 1040. The instructions may also have some information of use including reference to other IRS publications. Further form, instruction and publication downloads are available by following the links from the IRS website. Here are links to some of our most commonly requested expat forms and instructions:

Publication 54, Tax Guide for U.S. Citizens and Resident Aliens Abroad

Publication 514, Foreign Tax Credit for Individuals

Form 2555, Foreign Earned Income and instructions

Form 1116, Foreign Tax Credit and instructions

Form 673, Statement for Claiming Exemption from Withholding on Foreign Earned income Eligible for the Exclusion(s) Provided by Section 911, which includes instructions

Form W-4, Employee's Withholding Allowance Certificate, which includes instructions

Form 4868, Application for Automatic Extension of Time to File U.S. Individual Income Tax Return, which includes instructions

Form 2350, Application for Extension of Time to File U.S. Income Tax Return which includes instructions