Second time using Expatfile This is my second year to use this system & overall, Expatfile's software is great & makes filing U.S. taxes from Canada so much easier & less time-consuming. Pushing buttons & filling in blanks speeds up the process. If there's even a slight frustration, it would be that there's still government phrases & definitions that aren't always easy to understand & could be explained in even simpler terms in order to insure questions are answered correctly. In spite of that, I will be using this helpful service again & know that the tax filing is done right & promptly!

Straightforward system The system is simple and straightforward and I highly recommend! I found it a breath of fresh air in an otherwise stressful environment trying to be responsible about filing my taxes without forking over an arm and a leg in fees for a straightforward (one job overseas) type return. There are people available for questions via chat or email and I’ve found their response time and understanding of my questions to be five star as well. Thank you Expatfile!

Expatfile removes Anxiety! Filing USA taxes from another country is always stressful. Expatfile removes that anxiety! Helpful software and customer service. This is the 2nd year I've filed with Expatfile - Easy and Quick!

Update for 2024 tax refund Update for 2024 tax refund Not sure how to do an update so I am just writing another short review. I have already received my refund and is not even the end of April. I submitted a tax refund to turbo tax for what I think was the year 2020 or 2021 and still have not heard back. I will never use any other application again. I could not be happier!

Lots of inadequacy with Expatfile I spent hours trying to navigate and get my taxes done properly. Unfortunately it was not until the end of the process that I found out that the software did not have the capability to fill out specific forms like 1099NEC and 1099MISC. That made the software think that my income was from a foreign source and it really complicated things and slapped some uneccesary forms in the mix. No place to claim vehicle expenses in a detail way and I just did not feel like it was filing my return the right way and I was right about that. I heard someone say Turbotax is terrible for filing expat returns and that is definitely not true. I switched to Turbotax online and it did a great job, answered all my questions, and guided me with unfamiliar things the whole time. It was even able to take care of the partial residence in the US with transitional things like health care premiums etc. I think that Expat might be good for very simple returns but be very careful because if you cannot enter the 1099 forms properly, it will think the all the your income is from foreign source just because you live in a foreign country. That would be a bumper because you will end up having to use the foreign earned income exclusion and forms like that. In Expat there was also no place to enter IRA contributions as well and people living overseas are entitled to that deduction. The refund that expatfile showed me was a lot less than what I got with Turbotax. Something like a $500 difference.