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Common international or foreign tax IRS forms

Below we outline the common International or Foreign Tax forms used by the IRS. To learn about our tax services for expatriates please click on the following link: Tax Services for U.S. Expatriates.

Form number	Tax form title / location
56	Notice concerning fiduciary relationship
673	Expatriates use this form to reduce withholding on their US W2
709	United States gift (and Generation skipping transfer) tax return
720	Quarterly federal excise tax return
926	Return by U.S. transfer of property to a foreign corporation
1040 - Sched. B	Information concerning foreign accounts or trusts
1040 NR	U.S. non-resident alien income tax return
1116	Foreign tax credit - Individual, estate or trust
1118	Foreign tax credit - corporations
1120-F	U.S. income tax return for a foreign corporation
2555	Individual foreign earned income exclusion
3520	Annual return to report transactions with foreign trusts and receipt of certain foreign gifts
3520-A	Annual information return of a foreign trust with a U.S. owner
5471	Information return of U.S. persons with respect to certain foreign corporations
5472	Information return of foreign-owned U.S. or foreign corporation engaged in a U.S. trade or business
8621	Return by U.S. shareholder of a passive foreign investment company or qualified electing fund
8804-8805	Annual return for partnership withholding tax (Section 1446) and foreign partner's information statement of section 1446 withholding tax.
8832	Entity classification election
8833	Treaty based return position disclosure under section 6114 or 7701(b)
8854	Expatriation information return for those giving up US citizenship or surrendering their permanent residency.
8858	Information Return for U.S. person with respect to disregarded entities
8865	Return of U.S. persons with respect to certain foreign partnerships
8873	Extraterritorial income exclusion
8938	Currently in preliminary (draft) stage. Will be required in 2012 if you have over $50,000 in foreign financial assets - that includes foreign stocks, bank accounts, rental property, etc.
TDF 90-22.1	Report of foreign bank and financial accounts

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