Behind on U.S. Tax Filings Abroad? We'll Get You Back on Track
Missing years of U.S. tax returns or foreign account and asset reports can trigger serious IRS penalties, but the IRS offers formal catch-up programs for expats who come forward voluntarily. Nomadic Tax guides you through the process so you can resolve back filings without facing punishing fines.
Overview
Whether you've lived abroad for one year or ten and never filed, or simply missed reporting a foreign bank account, Nomadic Tax specializes in IRS amnesty and penalty-abatement programs designed specifically for U.S. expats.
Our team prepares every required form, including prior-year returns and all associated foreign reporting, so you emerge fully compliant and protected from future risk.
Who Needs a Catch-Up Filing?
U.S. citizens living abroad who were unaware they still owed annual IRS filings, regardless of where income was earned.
Those who held foreign bank accounts or financial assets above IRS thresholds but never filed the required disclosure reports.
Individuals who filed basic returns while abroad but omitted required foreign income disclosures, exclusion forms, or overseas account reports.
Individuals planning to expatriate who must first certify five years of full IRS compliance before the IRS will process their departure.
IRS Catch-Up Programs We Use
Designed for expats who were not willfully non-compliant. Covers three years of returns and six years of foreign account reports, with little to no penalty for most qualifying filers.
For U.S.-based filers who missed offshore reporting. Covers the same three-year and six-year look-back with a reduced 5% miscellaneous offshore penalty.
For those who missed only their foreign account reports and have no unreported income. Allows late filing with a reasonable-cause explanation and no automatic penalty.
Available to taxpayers with a clean prior compliance history. We prepare the written request to waive failure-to-file or failure-to-pay penalties on qualifying returns.
What We File During the Catch-Up
We prepare accurate amended or delinquent federal returns for each year covered, applying FEIE, Foreign Tax Credit, and other available exclusions to minimize what you owe.
Late annual reports for each year you held $10,000 or more in combined foreign accounts, submitted to the U.S. Treasury.
Disclosure of foreign financial assets above IRS thresholds, attached to each prior-year return as required.
Where applicable, we claim all available exclusions and credits across your back-filed returns to dramatically reduce or eliminate tax owed.
Our 4-Step Catch-Up Process
We review which years require filing, which accounts or assets must be disclosed, and which IRS program best fits your situation.
We provide a clear checklist of income records, foreign account statements, and prior filing history needed for each year.
We prepare all required forms, write any penalty-abatement statements, and submit everything to the IRS and FinCEN.
Once caught up, we set up ongoing compliance so future filings are handled on time, every year.
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