Here is an uncomfortable fact most expats discover too late: moving to Ecuador does not unsubscribe you from the United States Treasury.
The IRS, bless its persistent little heart, does not care that you now live at 8,400 feet. It does not care that your mail takes six weeks. It does not care that you closed your US bank accounts, sold the house in Tulsa, and have not set foot north of the Rio Grande in three years. If you hold that blue passport, you file. Every April. Forever.
Most stateside CPAs will cheerfully prepare your return and cheerfully overlook the forms that matter out here. The FBAR. The 8938. The 2555 foreign earned income exclusion. The foreign tax credit. The pension treaty positions. The occasional Form 5471 if you were entrepreneurial enough to register an LLC somewhere warm. Miss one, and the penalties begin at $10,000 and climb from there, which is more than most people spend on a year of groceries in Cuenca.
This is the entire reason FileAbroad exists.
It is a US tax preparation practice built specifically for Americans abroad, run by a licensed preparer who happens to live a few blocks from El Vergel and runs along the Yanuncay most mornings. No call centers. No seasonal turnover. No junior associate in Dallas who has never heard of SRI. Documents move through an encrypted portal. Questions are answered in writing. Returns are filed on time.
Pricing is transparent and sits well below what the Miami firms will charge for worse work. Most expat returns land in the Essential or Complete tiers. Streamlined filings for the years you forgot to file — and you are not the first — are handled discreetly.
Peace of mind, quietly priced.
Chip, WhatsApp: +593 96 284 8410, Website: FileAbroad.com
Address: Escalinatas Juana de Oro, Cuenca, Azuay, Ecuador
