Olivier Wagner on Expat Taxation - staying compliant while reducing what you owe

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This Episode:
Olivier Wagner is came to the US to work on Wall Street. After the 2008, GFC, he had a better idea... So he became a tax specialist and began traveling.

Originally from Strasbourg, France, he also has US and Canadian passports. Today, he helps US expats with the monumental burdens of staying compliant with the IRS.

To this end, Olivier actually makes the rounds by traveling to big time expat hangouts like Mexico City during tax season - which is where I caught up with him for this podcast. (Most people don't know this but Mexico City has the highest number of US citizens outside the US - IYKYK.)

He shared his "Three Legs" system for helping you reduce what you pay - and even had a surprising take on renouncing US citizenship... who's doing it... and why? (HINT: It's not who you think.) Enjoy...

Resources:

- Olivier's book: https://1040abroad.com/book-us-taxes-for-worldly-americans/

- Website: https://1040abroad.com/

- Website to convert crypto data into something an accounting can use to calculate capital gains: https://koinly.io/

IRS forms mentioned in the podcast:

- Form 1116: Foreign Tax Credit

- Form 2555: Foreign Earned Income Exclusion

- Form 5471: For Foreign Corporation - Subpart F & GILTI income

- Form 8621: Passive Foreign Investment Company

- Form 8854: After renouncing US citizenship

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Today, it's more important than ever to move some of your wealth - and maybe even your family - offshore because your #1 risk right now is the political risk from your home government.

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