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I pay $500 a year for an accountant to do my taxes for me. And then tell me I owe nothing. Support the Tax Fairness for Americans Abroad group, they’re working on fixing this.

If your accountant doesn't give you the forms AND worksheets, change accountant.

They do. The problem isn’t understanding the numbers, they gave me last year, it’s making sure I am doing things correctly for both my US taxes and Norwegian taxes, including following the specifics of the US/Norway tax treaty.

If your tax situation isn't too complicated, it actually isn't too hard to fill out the forms yourself[1]. But if you are living abroad, unfortunately your tax situation probably isn't that simple.

[1]: Although I find it incredibly frustrating the lengths they go to to avoid negative numbers on the forms.

Does FreeTaxUSA work for you?

TurboTax is one of the products of Intuit, the company that's fucking us all over with this - its not fine, stop being ok with it.