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What Happens When You File U.S. Taxes From Abroad? By Douglas Goldstein, CFP® - helping olim handle U.S., IRA, investment, and brokerage accounts from Israel   American citizens living overseas often need to file U.S. taxes from abroad, even if they don’t owe any money. If you live in Israel, gathering the information you need to complete your taxes from Israeli banking and financial institutions can be tricky since foreign institutions don’t produce 1099 forms. So what is an American living abroad to do?   Dangers of investing overseas The IRS requires American citizens to disclose information about their investments, no matter where they are held.   The end-of-year statements from your Israeli bank or investment company don’t provide the same information that appears on a standard 1099 – and probably won’t be in English! This means that when filing your American taxes, you (or your accountant) will need to convert currencies, tax brackets, and other information in order to extrapolate the information the IR