Track B: becoming tax resident abroad
For the student who will live abroad most of the year and become tax resident there while keeping a US domicile: when residence starts, the years before the move, a pre-move checklist, the treaty, income taxed twice but paid once, wealth and inheritance, reporting, the visa, a long-term home, public healthcare, withdrawal order, the yearly calendar and coming home.
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Module 1: Before you move
When residence starts, what to do while only the US taxes you, cutting state ties, and your pre-move checklist.
- B1 When your residence starts · 3 min
- B2 The years before the move · 6 min · calculator
- B3 Cutting state domicile cleanly · 3 min
- B4 Your pre-move checklist · 5 min · calculator France
Module 2: Two tax systems
The treaty, double taxation and credits, wealth and inheritance, and reporting US accounts abroad.
- B5 How the tax treaty actually works · 3 min France
- B6 Your income, taxed twice, paid once · 6 min · calculator France
- B7 Wealth, exit and inheritance taxes · 3 min France
- B8 Reporting your US accounts abroad · 3 min
Module 3: Settling in
The residence permit, a long-term home and joining the public health system.
- B9 Your visa and residence permit · 5 min · calculator France
- B10 Renting your first long-term home · 3 min France
- B11 Joining the public health system · 3 min France
Module 4: Year by year
Withdrawal order, the compliance calendar, and coming home.
- B12 Withdrawal order when two countries tax · 5 min · calculator France
- B13 Your yearly compliance calendar · 3 min France
- B14 Coming home · 3 min