U.S. taxation of employees on international assignment: residency, expatriate returns, foreign reporting, and tax equalization.
Theory + practical training + case studies + activities + simulations + software
Level
Seniors
Subject
Specialist Tax
Format
5-day program
Day by day
Day 1
Residency and assignment basics
Green card and substantial presence tests
Dual-status years
Form 1040 and Form 1040-NR
Practice: Determine residency for inbound and outbound assignee scenarios.
Day 2
U.S. citizens working abroad
Foreign earned income exclusion on Form 2555
Foreign tax credit on Form 1116
Treaty positions on Form 8833
Practice: Compare exclusion and credit outcomes for an expatriate family.
Day 3
Foreign reporting and social security
FBAR and Form 8938
PFIC and foreign entity awareness
Totalization agreements
Practice: Build a reporting checklist from a sample assignee's foreign holdings.
Day 4
Compensation and assignment policy
Tax equalization and hypothetical tax
Shadow payroll and gross-ups
Sourcing bonuses and equity compensation
Practice: Prepare a tax equalization calculation for a one-year assignment.
Day 5
State issues and capstone
State residency when leaving and returning
Assignment-end planning
Communicating with assignees and HR
Practice: Complete an expatriate case study, from residency through equalization.
More than theory
We don't just teach the rules. This program includes practical training, case studies, activities, simulations, and hands-on software training.
Theory
Code sections, forms, and the reasoning behind each rule.
Practical training
Hands-on preparation from realistic client source documents.
Case studies
Real-world fact patterns worked from start to finish, then discussed.
Activities
Group exercises, quizzes, and error-spotting drills that keep every concept active.
Simulations
Mock client files, review notes, and deadlines that mirror busy season.
Software training
Data entry, diagnostics, and e-file steps in the software your team uses.
Software covered
Hands-on sessions run in the platforms your team uses. See all software
Global mobility
Assignment tracking, compensation data, and nonresident returns.
Topia
Equus
Sprintax
Tax preparation
Professional software for individual, business, trust, and estate returns.
CCH Axcess Tax
CCH ProSystem fx Tax
GoSystem Tax RS
ONESOURCE Income Tax
UltraTax CS
Lacerte
ProConnect Tax
ProSeries
Drake Tax
ATX
TaxWise
TaxAct Professional
TaxSlayer Pro
CrossLink
Tax research
Finding, reading, and documenting authority for a tax position.
Checkpoint
CCH AnswerConnect
Bloomberg Tax
Tax Notes
Blue J
Your trainer
Vijay Narayandas
Two decades training tax teams and building US tax practices
Vijay Narayandas has spent over two decades training tax teams and building US tax practices that deliver. He has hired hundreds of professionals, interviewed thousands, and coached them into reviewers and leaders.