Investments

If you're a U.S. citizen, the IRS taxes your crypto worldwide. Foreign exchanges add FBAR/8938 questions on top. Here's how to report capital gains, what counts as a taxable event abroad, and the staking/airdrop edge cases.

Foreign mutual funds and ETFs are PFICs. PFICs are radioactive in U.S. tax law. Here's what's wrong with them, what to do about the ones you already own, and the U.S.-broker alternative every expat investor should know.

If you own a foreign mutual fund, ETF, or similar pooled investment, you almost certainly own a PFIC — and the IRS taxes PFICs in the worst way it taxes anything. Here's why, and how to escape.