Tuesday, April 15
Zoom (Online Webinar)
2025 How to Survive Tax Day as an American Abroad
Feeling lost or overwhelmed about filing your IRS tax return this year?
Join us for a consumer focused Zoom webinar on How to Survive Tax Day as an American Abroad!
WHEN: Tuesday, April 15th from 1:00-2:30pm EST (view your time zone)
| Time Zones |
| 10:00am Vancouver |
| 1:00pm New York |
| 6:00pm London |
| 7:00pm Paris |
| 3:00am Japan (Wed, April 16) |
| 5:00am Sydney (Wed, April 16) |
$10 General Admission or $5.00 Retired/Student/Unemployed. Recording available. Ticket proceeds go to Democrats Abroad, feel free to get a $20.25 boost ticket to bump up your donation!
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The aim of this event is to help you feel more confident to file your US tax return. Presented by Rebecca Lammers, Chair of the Democrats Abroad Taxation Task Force and former International Member of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel. This is a consumer focused webinar to help you save money on your tax preparation costs and make you aware of US government resources available to Americans abroad to file their US tax return.
This session is for Americans abroad/U.S. citizens/dual citizens/expats who:
- Aren’t happy with your accountant and want to switch
- File yourself but you're not sure if you're doing it right
- Filed when you first moved abroad but haven't done it for a while and need to get back on top of filing
- Haven’t filed since you moved abroad
- Just moved abroad and don’t know how to start
- Just learned you’re supposed to file and want to get caught up
Topics discussed in the session will include:
- The Taxpayer Bill of Rights
- Deciding between filing yourself, using a tax preparation software, or hiring an accountant
- The difference between an EA, CPA, and tax attorney
- How to spend $0 to file your own taxes
- How to get free tax prep help
- How to find an accountant if you need one
- How to keep your tax prep costs as low as possible
- What to do if you don’t know how to get started
- How to contact the IRS and communicate with them
Attendees are asked to please pre-submit any questions you have using this form. The more questions we get in advance, the better we can prepare and shape the program around the things you want to learn about the most!
Ticket proceeds go to Democrats Abroad, feel free to get a $20.25 boost ticket to bump up your donation!
If you are unable to attend this event you can select the recording ticket option (scroll to the bottom of this page)
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No refunds are available.
We can't guarantee we will be able to answer all questions submitted before, during, or after the event, but we will try to answer as many questions as possible.
Note: No tax professionals will be speaking at this webinar. If you have questions specific to your circumstances, please seek the advice of a qualified tax professional.
Please click here to add yourself to the Democrats Abroad Taxation Task Force mailing list to keep up to date with the actions and upcoming events.
Disclaimer: Democrats Abroad cannot provide individual tax advice. We are not tax lawyers, accountants or advisers. Please consult a professional tax adviser/accountant/return preparer when addressing your personal tax matters.
We recommend the IRS Tax Return Preparer Directory to find a service provider who meets your needs and budget, though buyers need always beware. Democrats Abroad suggests Americans abroad in need of tax advice consult the IRS Tax Return Preparer Directory to find an advisor or tax return preparer near you or providing online services: https://irs.treasury.gov/rpo/rpo.jsf
WHEN
Tuesday, April 15, 2025 at 01:00 PM Eastern Time (US & Canada) Time
CONTACT
Democrats Abroad Taxation Task Force
[email protected]