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Start with a free check, then choose how you want to handle the work — PFIC and Form 8621 returns from a flat $499, an accountant handoff from $199.

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  • Brokerage CSV import or manual ticker / ISIN entry
  • Likely PFIC screening with assumptions shown
  • FBAR and FATCA threshold checks
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Year-by-year filing assessment — $100

Which years appear to have needed a return, which forms follow, and your deadlines, from your own figures. An assessment, not a return. The fee comes off an eligible Atamatax preparation service bought within 14 days.

What the assessment covers

Neither is required before buying a package. If you already know what has to be filed, start below.

Every package

What each package includes.

Who it is for, what you receive, the years and volume included, and the price.

01File myselfI want to prepare and file my own return.Self-serve software. You answer the questions, the engine computes the figures, and you get a draft package to check and file.Simple $299 · PFIC Portfolio $499 · Complex $799$299–$799See the tiers

Simple

$299/ return

The existing annual path for a supported expat return without PFIC holdings.

No PFICs · one tax year

  • Form 1040 and supported schedules
  • FBAR and Form 8938 threshold logic
  • Form 1116 inputs
  • Draft package with filing instructions; you review and file
What you get · what stays with youYou file, with the instructions provided.

You receive

A draft filing package for one tax year: Form 1040 and the supported schedules, Form 1116 inputs, FBAR/Form 8938 threshold logic and filing instructions — with every assumption disclosed.

Still yours to do

  • File the return and any FBAR yourself, or through the professional you choose, with the instructions in the package.
  • Answer every blocking gap the package flags before it is stamped final.

Outside this offer

  • Form 8621 — a PFIC holding moves the return to the PFIC Portfolio tier.
  • E-file — you file with the instructions provided.
  • Review or sign-off by a credentialed EA or CPA.
  • Personalised tax, legal or investment advice.

Computed for tax years 2022–2026; official pre-filled IRS PDFs are integrated for tax year 2025, other years are delivered as worksheets mapped line-by-line to that year's forms.

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Start a Simple return
Most popular

PFIC Portfolio

$499/ return

PFIC analysis and the supported annual filing package for portfolios with foreign funds.

Up to 25 Forms 8621 · one tax year

  • Everything in the Simple package
  • Up to 25 supported Forms 8621
  • QEF / mark-to-market / §1291 inputs per holding
  • Fund domicile classification with confidence shown
  • Draft package mapped to supported IRS forms
What you get · what stays with youYou file, with the instructions provided.

You receive

Everything in Simple plus up to 25 supported Forms 8621 with QEF / mark-to-market / §1291 inputs per holding, fund-domicile classification with confidence shown, and the assumption log — for one tax year.

Still yours to do

  • File the return and any FBAR yourself, or through the professional you choose, with the instructions in the package.
  • Confirm each holding's classification where the confidence is not high; the package names them.
  • Provide QEF statements or prior-year elections where you have them — none is assumed.

Outside this offer

  • Form 8621 above the 25-form limit (quoted as an adjustment).
  • E-file — you file with the instructions provided.
  • Review or sign-off by a credentialed EA or CPA.
  • Personalised tax, legal or investment advice.

Computed for tax years 2022–2026; official pre-filled IRS PDFs are integrated for tax year 2025, other years are delivered as worksheets mapped line-by-line to that year's forms.

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Prepare my PFIC portfolio

Complex

$799/ return

The existing annual path when supported treaty-position or expatriation screening inputs apply.

Supported treaty or expatriation screening · one tax year

  • Everything in PFIC Portfolio
  • Supported treaty workflow and Form 8833 draft notes
  • Expatriation screening; Form 8854 is not generated
  • Draft package with filing instructions; you review and file
What you get · what stays with youYou file, with the instructions provided.

You receive

Everything in PFIC Portfolio plus the supported treaty workflow with Form 8833 draft notes and expatriation screening — for one tax year.

Still yours to do

  • File the return and any FBAR yourself, or through the professional you choose, with the instructions in the package.
  • Take any treaty position or expatriation decision to a professional — the package screens and documents it for that conversation.

Outside this offer

  • Form 8854 — screened here, prepared with a professional.
  • E-file — you file with the instructions provided.
  • Review or sign-off by a credentialed EA or CPA.
  • Personalised tax, legal or investment advice.

Computed for tax years 2022–2026; official pre-filled IRS PDFs are integrated for tax year 2025, other years are delivered as worksheets mapped line-by-line to that year's forms.

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Start a Complex return

One tax year per package. The on-screen result is free — you pay only to generate the PDF package. You file the package yourself, with the instructions provided.

02I have an accountantSomeone else prepares my return — they just need the analysis.The PFIC work, the threshold math and the assumption log, packaged for the person who signs your return.CPA Export$199One option

CPA Export

$199/ return

A transparent PFIC analysis and worksheet handoff for an accountant you already work with.

Up to 25 fund reviews · one tax year

  • Holdings and PFIC classification table
  • Potential Form 8621 workload
  • FBAR / Form 8938 threshold logic
  • Assumption log and accountant notes
  • Worksheets mapped to form lines; no official pre-filled PDFs
What you get · what stays with youYou file, with the instructions provided.

You receive

A PDF hand-off for an accountant: the holdings and PFIC classification table, the potential Form 8621 workload, FBAR/Form 8938 threshold logic, worksheets mapped to form lines, and the assumption log — for one tax year.

Still yours to do

  • Give the export to the accountant you already work with; they prepare and file.
  • Confirm the classifications with them — the export shows the assumption behind each one.

Outside this offer

  • Official pre-filled IRS form PDFs.
  • Return preparation and filing — your accountant's.
  • Review or sign-off by a credentialed EA or CPA.
  • Personalised tax, legal or investment advice.

Computed for tax years 2022–2026; official pre-filled IRS PDFs are integrated for tax year 2025, other years are delivered as worksheets mapped line-by-line to that year's forms.

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Build my CPA Export

One tax year. Worksheets mapped to form lines (the pre-filled official form PDFs belong to the filing packages). Your accountant reviews, completes and files.

03Do it with meI would rather send documents than answer a wizard.Upload your tax documents securely. Atamatax organizes your information, identifies anything missing, and prepares your US expat tax return for review.Annual ConciergeFrom $999One option
Done for you

Annual Concierge · starting at $999

Send us your documents. We prepare your return.

  • Secure document intake
  • Missing-information follow-up
  • Scope confirmed before engagement
  • Standard Concierge paid through a secure checkout from your Concierge dashboard
What you get · what stays with youYou file, with the instructions provided.

You receive

A prepared annual return package built from the documents you upload, with a written scope and fixed price confirmed before any payment, and missing-information follow-up during preparation.

Still yours to do

  • File the return and any FBAR yourself, or through the professional you choose, with the instructions in the package.
  • Upload the documents on your checklist and answer the questions your documents cannot.

Outside this offer

  • E-file — you file with the instructions provided.
  • Review or sign-off by a credentialed EA or CPA.
  • Personalised tax, legal or investment advice.

Computed for tax years 2022–2026; official pre-filled IRS PDFs are integrated for tax year 2025, other years are delivered as worksheets mapped line-by-line to that year's forms.

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Start a Concierge filing
  1. 1Upload your documents
  2. 2We review and organize them
  3. 3Answer only what we could not determine
  4. 4Review your prepared return

Done-with-you · scope and price confirmed first: availability, exact deliverables and price are confirmed before any engagement, and starting a Concierge filing does not by itself purchase a completed return.

04Years behindI have unfiled years to catch up on.The free diagnostic maps your situation to one of three fixed scopes, opens your case file, and produces a personalized quote.Essential $1,590 · Investor $2,200 · Complex from $2,990$1,590–$2,990+See the tiers

Streamlined Essential

$1,590

Behind on filings, with wages, pensions or bank accounts — no foreign funds or ETFs.

  • Up to 3 delinquent federal returns
  • Up to 6 FBAR years
  • Standard foreign tax credit / FEIE treatment
  • Streamlined package preparation + document completeness check
  • Preparation package: worksheets mapped to each year's official forms (official pre-filled PDFs are integrated for the current filing year only), plus filing instructions
  • You certify non-willfulness on Form 14653, sign, and file with the instructions provided
What you get · what stays with youYou file, with the instructions provided.

You receive

A Streamlined Foreign Offshore preparation package: up to three delinquent returns and six FBAR years as worksheets mapped to each year's official forms (official PDFs for the current filing year), a document completeness check, the Form 14653 organiser, and filing instructions — one scoped quote, one payment.

Still yours to do

  • You certify non-willfulness on Form 14653, sign, and file with the instructions provided
  • Write your own statement of facts; a person at Atamatax organises it into the Form 14653 structure.

Outside this offer

  • The non-willfulness certification — yours, on Form 14653.
  • The submission itself — you file with the instructions provided.
  • Review or sign-off by a credentialed EA or CPA.
  • Personalised tax, legal or investment advice.

Computed for tax years 2022–2026; official pre-filled IRS PDFs are integrated for tax year 2025, other years are delivered as worksheets mapped line-by-line to that year's forms.

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Get a scoped quote

Streamlined Investor

$2,200

Recommended for foreign ETF / investment holders

Everything in Essential, plus foreign brokerage accounts and fund holdings.

  • Everything in Essential
  • Foreign brokerage accounts + investment reconstruction
  • PFIC analysis and Forms 8621
  • FATCA / Form 8938
  • You certify non-willfulness on Form 14653, sign, and file with the instructions provided
What you get · what stays with youYou file, with the instructions provided.

You receive

A Streamlined Foreign Offshore preparation package: up to three delinquent returns and six FBAR years as worksheets mapped to each year's official forms (official PDFs for the current filing year), a document completeness check, the Form 14653 organiser, and filing instructions — one scoped quote, one payment.

Still yours to do

  • You certify non-willfulness on Form 14653, sign, and file with the instructions provided
  • Write your own statement of facts; a person at Atamatax organises it into the Form 14653 structure.

Outside this offer

  • The non-willfulness certification — yours, on Form 14653.
  • The submission itself — you file with the instructions provided.
  • Review or sign-off by a credentialed EA or CPA.
  • Personalised tax, legal or investment advice.

Computed for tax years 2022–2026; official pre-filled IRS PDFs are integrated for tax year 2025, other years are delivered as worksheets mapped line-by-line to that year's forms.

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Get a scoped quote

Streamlined Complex

From$2,990

Many PFICs, corporations, trusts, multiple jurisdictions, or unusual treaty issues.

  • Everything in Investor
  • Foreign corporations, partnerships or trusts
  • High document volume / record reconstruction
  • Scoped by hand before any engagement
  • You certify non-willfulness on Form 14653, sign, and file with the instructions provided
What you get · what stays with youYou file, with the instructions provided.

You receive

A Streamlined Foreign Offshore preparation package: up to three delinquent returns and six FBAR years as worksheets mapped to each year's official forms (official PDFs for the current filing year), a document completeness check, the Form 14653 organiser, and filing instructions — one scoped quote, one payment.

Still yours to do

  • You certify non-willfulness on Form 14653, sign, and file with the instructions provided
  • Write your own statement of facts; a person at Atamatax organises it into the Form 14653 structure.

Outside this offer

  • The non-willfulness certification — yours, on Form 14653.
  • The submission itself — you file with the instructions provided.
  • Review or sign-off by a credentialed EA or CPA.
  • Personalised tax, legal or investment advice.

Computed for tax years 2022–2026; official pre-filled IRS PDFs are integrated for tax year 2025, other years are delivered as worksheets mapped line-by-line to that year's forms.

Terms version 2026-08-27

Get a scoped quote

What moves a case between the three scopes

Every scope prepares the same three returns and six FBARs. What changes the scope is what else each catch-up year has to include — each line below is a thing that has to be prepared, not a surcharge.

Streamlined Essential

Wages, a pension or bank accounts — no non-US funds or ETFs
Three returns with the exclusion or the credit, six FBARs with each account's yearly maximum, and the certification package.

Streamlined Investor

Non-US funds, ETFs or a foreign brokerage account
Each holding is screened for PFIC status and, where it applies, gets its own Form 8621 for every catch-up year, with the purchase history rebuilt from statements.
A personal foreign pension or a wrapper (an ISA, a PEA, a Pillar 3a)
The plan's legal form decides how it is reported and whether the funds inside it are PFICs — worked once, applied to every year.
Form 8938 alongside the FBAR
The same accounts, reported a second time on a second threshold with different rules on what counts.

Streamlined Complex

More than ten PFICs, or holdings sold during the catch-up years
A stack of Forms 8621 per year, and a §1291 allocation across every year each sold fund was held.
A foreign company, partnership, trust, or a large gift or inheritance
Its own information return, prepared by a specialist alongside the personal returns. The scope is set by hand before a price is named.
Missing historical records or several jurisdictions
Figures rebuilt from what exists and marked as reconstructed; income and tax worked per country.

Eligibility for the Streamlined procedure depends on non-willfulness, which is your own certification on Form 14653; the scope check confirms the fit before any engagement. You sign Form 14653 and file. Prefer to talk first? Book a free 15-min eligibility call — a fit and scope check, not a purchase. Availability, deliverables, price and reviewer are confirmed before any engagement.

Common to every package

What you receive, and what stays with you.

  • A draft package with computed figures mapped to IRS forms and lines, the assumptions behind each figure, and the fields left for you or your accountant to complete.
  • One tax year per package. The on-screen result is free; you pay to generate the package.
  • You complete the remaining items, sign and submit your filings with the instructions in the package.
  • Card details go straight to Stripe. A package with a software defect we cannot fix within 14 days is refunded in full.

Exact form coverage is on the supported forms page; each package's own deliverable and exclusions are under its price above.

Self-serve vs consultation-led

Complex at $799 or Streamlined Investor at $2,200 — what the $1,401 buys.

Complex is self-serve calculations and worksheets for one year; a Streamlined engagement is the three-year submission prepared with you. The Streamlined tiers are quoted in writing once the scope is confirmed, and you accept the quote before any payment. A call is free, optional and available at any point. Where the scope needs a conversation — an open willfulness question, an IRS examination, or facts the intake leaves open — it is offered before any price; otherwise the written quote comes straight from the intake.

Read the $799 as one tax year. A three-year catch-up is three packages — and since prior years are worksheet-only, those bill at $199 each, so the self-serve route stays well under the Investor figure rather than creeping past it.

How it works

Complex $799: Self-serve software — you drive every step

Streamlined Investor $2,200: Done-with-you — prepared together, start to finish

Streamlined returns (3 years)

Complex $799: One package per tax year — each year's figures and worksheets; final package is not assembled

Streamlined Investor $2,200: Potential scope — exact years and deliverables confirmed before engagement

FBARs (6 years)

Complex $799: Threshold math + filing instructions for the year you bought; you e-file each at FinCEN

Streamlined Investor $2,200: Potential scope — preparation and filing responsibility confirmed on the call

Form 14653 (non-willfulness)

Complex $799: Not generated; you write and certify your own facts

Streamlined Investor $2,200: Potential drafting support — scope and adviser role confirmed first

Human review

Complex $799: None — software checks only

Streamlined Investor $2,200: Reviewer identity and review scope confirmed before engagement

Communication

Complex $799: Email support

Streamlined Investor $2,200: Contact and response process confirmed before engagement

Who signs & certifies

Complex $799: You — you sign and file with the instructions provided

Streamlined Investor $2,200: You — filing responsibility is confirmed in the engagement scope

Complex is a software purchase; the Streamlined Investor call is a fit and scope discussion, not an engagement. Neither path is e-filed for you.

Side-by-side

Inside “file myself”: what you get at each tier.

Pre-filled official IRS PDFs are integrated for tax year 2025; an earlier year is delivered as worksheets and priced at the CPA Export rate ($199). Years behind? The free Streamlined eligibility checker comes first.

Simple · $299

  • Form 1040 + schedules
  • FBAR (FinCEN 114)
  • Form 8938 (FATCA)
  • Form 1116 (Foreign Tax Credit)

PFIC Portfolio · $499

Most popular
  • Form 1040 + schedules
  • FBAR (FinCEN 114)
  • Form 8938 (FATCA)
  • Form 1116 (Foreign Tax Credit)
  • Form 8621 per PFIC — Up to 25
  • QEF / MtM / §1291 chooser — Per holding
  • Treaty article-by-article — Defaults

Complex · $799

  • Form 1040 + schedules
  • FBAR (FinCEN 114)
  • Form 8938 (FATCA)
  • Form 1116 (Foreign Tax Credit)
  • Form 8621 per PFIC — Up to 25
  • QEF / MtM / §1291 chooser — Per holding
  • Treaty article-by-article — Per article + override
  • Form 8833 (treaty position) — Draft disclosure
  • Expatriation / Form 8854 screening — Form 8854 prepared with a specialist

No surprise quotes

What can change the price.

The self-serve packages above are flat for the scope they list — one tax year, up to 25 Forms 8621, no per-form fees inside that limit. A case that needs an individual quote (Concierge, Streamlined, or a portfolio past the included limit) is priced only from this published schedule.

The full adjustment schedule (8 factors)Show
Additional tax year
$299
Form 8621 above the included PFIC package limit (past 25)
$20 / form
Spouse / joint-return scope
$250
Previously filed return requiring amendment
$299
Business, self-employment or rental activity
$300
Incomplete-record reconstruction
$250
Additional specialist review
$350
Foreign company, partnership, trust, gift or inheritance review
$500

Every quoted line names its adjustment from this list. If a factor is not on your quote, it is not being charged.

FAQ

Common pricing questions.

If I pay, does somebody actually take care of my case?
Three models, three answers. A self-serve package is software: the engine prepares one tax year from the entries you confirm, generates the package when you ask for it, and you review, sign and file it. A Streamlined or Concierge engagement is a case Atamatax runs: a written scope and a fixed price first, then a private case for your documents, preparation against that scope, a completeness check before release, and the filing workflow step by step. Facts that need a professional's own judgment — a foreign company or trust return, representation, an open willfulness question — are scoped by Atamatax and routed to a qualified professional; nothing is sold as software for them. Self-serve packages are prepared by the Atamatax engine from your figures; Streamlined and Concierge cases are checked by a person at Atamatax before release; a credentialed professional is engaged on a case only where its written scope says so, and is named on the case with a verified credential when that happens. Professional preparation or review is arranged per case, by written scope, through Atamatax; the professional is identified on your case once assigned, and no case is described as professionally prepared before that has happened. Returns are filed by you, or by a professional you engage, with the step-by-step filing instructions in the package.
How do the Streamlined tiers work, and why is there no direct checkout for them?
Streamlined engagements are done-with-you, not self-serve: the free diagnostic opens your case file and maps it to Essential ($1,590), Investor ($2,200) or Complex (from $2,990), and you receive a personalized quote with a secure payment link once the scope is confirmed. Eligibility, exact return/FBAR/Form 14653 deliverables, and any human reviewer are confirmed before an engagement — starting a case or booking a call does not buy or guarantee a completed Streamlined package.
Is the price per return or per year?
The self-serve packages are per tax year: one package covers one tax year. The Streamlined tiers are the exception — one quote and one payment cover up to three return years and six FBAR years together. Because pre-filled official IRS PDFs are integrated for tax year 2025 only, earlier self-serve years produce a worksheet-only package and are priced at the CPA Export rate of $199 — you are never charged a filing tier for a package that cannot include the pre-filled forms.
I need to file an earlier year — what changes?
The engine computes that year's own figures (its brackets, standard deduction, FEIE cap, FBAR/8938 thresholds) for tax years 2022-2026. For an earlier year the package ships as worksheets mapped line by line to that year's official forms, because the pre-filled IRS PDF templates are integrated for tax year 2025. That package is the CPA Export deliverable, so we charge the CPA Export price for it: $199, not $299-$799.
When do I pay?
Only when you generate your draft package. The diagnostic — including the PFIC scan and treaty workflow — is free. If the result isn't worth filing, you walk away.
Why no subscription?
Most US expats file once a year and stay with the same situation. Charging monthly would tax you for nothing 11 months out of 12. Your holdings and PFIC elections stay on your account, so next year starts from where you left off instead of from zero.
Do you offer team / accountant pricing?
No — Atamatax is not sold to firms, and there is no accountant sign-up. Independent EAs and CPAs work Atamatax cases by engagement: Atamatax assigns a paid case to a professional it has vetted, who works it in a private workspace scoped to that case. If that is you, write to hello@atamatax.com.
Refunds?
If we deliver a PDF package with a software defect that we can't fix within 14 days, we refund 100%. If you change your mind before paying, the draft simply expires. The refund covers defects in our generated forms; IRS penalties and interest on your own facts remain yours.

Switching from a CPA?

Bring last year's Form 8621s — re-select each fund's QEF or mark-to-market election in one screen and they carry into this year's forms.

You enter the election per holding; the engine carries it into this year's Form 8621 inputs and the assumption log.

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