My employer recently sent me an email saying "It has recently come to our attention that immigration legal fees paid by the employer are considered taxable income to the employee. Generally speaking, the IRS considers immigration fees paid by an employer as a taxable fringe benefit to the...

Hello. I have a question about how to file U.S. taxes in a way that will give me the most benefit in my situation. Here are the details: 1. I'm a U.S. citizen, living in Japan. 2. I made less than the maximum allowed for the foreign income exclusion for each year I want to file. 3. I...

I am using Turbo Tax for tax planning. I wanted to see how the foreign income is treated, so I put the following scenario: Ordinary US income of $10,000 and foreign income of $4,000 I see that Turbo Tax calculates AGI as $6,000. I thought "foreign income exclusion" means that you don't pay...

Hi. I have a new complication in my taxes. I'm American and my wife British (NRA). We both live and earn our income abroad (India and Uganda in 2007). Normally I filed married, filing separately, but would like to file jointly this year -- as I believe it would be advantageous. I know that I...