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U.S. Global Mobility Tax

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

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

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

Portrait of Vijay Narayandas

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.

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