Supported forms · tax year 2025
Exactly what the package generates, form by form.
No two words in tax software matter more than “official” and “pre-filled.” This page is the single source of truth for both: every form the package can contain, with its real integration status. The identical statuses are printed inside every generated package, and this list is rendered from the same manifest the engine uses — it cannot drift from the product.
“Key lines pre-filled” means the official IRS PDF is generated with the engine's computed figures placed on their lines, and each note below says exactly what is left for you or your CPA. Nothing here is an e-file transmission; integrated e-file is not available.
What can Atamatax handle?
The same scope, in plain words: 10 needs handled, 3 detected and routed to a specialist, 1 not handled. The form-by-form detail is below.
A regular US federal return from abroad
HandledForm 1040, Schedule 1, Schedule 2, Schedule 3, Schedule B, Schedule D: the official IRS PDF is generated with the computed lines placed; the per-payer or per-account detail stays yours.
Foreign earned income (the exclusion)
HandledForm 2555: the official IRS PDF is generated with the computed lines placed; the per-payer or per-account detail stays yours.
Foreign taxes paid (the credit)
HandledForm 1116: the official IRS PDF is generated with the computed lines placed; the per-payer or per-account detail stays yours.
Foreign funds, ETFs or wrappers — PFIC / Form 8621
HandledForm 8621: every §1291, QEF or mark-to-market figure computed and mapped line by line to a worksheet per PFIC; the pre-filled official PDF is added once independent validation of the PFIC module completes.
Foreign accounts over the FATCA threshold — Form 8938
HandledForm 8938: the official IRS PDF is generated with the computed lines placed; the per-payer or per-account detail stays yours.
Foreign bank accounts — the FBAR
HandledThe account list and each account's yearly maximum are prepared with instructions; you file the FBAR on FinCEN's BSA E-Filing System (it is never mailed with the return).
Investment income and the 3.8% net investment income tax
HandledForm 8960: computed and mapped line by line to a worksheet you (or your accountant) transcribe onto the official form.
Self-employed abroad
HandledSchedule C, Schedule SE: computed and mapped line by line to a worksheet you (or your accountant) transcribe onto the official form.
A treaty position — Form 8833
HandledForm 8833: computed and mapped line by line to a worksheet you (or your accountant) transcribe onto the official form.
Years behind — the Streamlined catch-up
HandledUp to three delinquent returns and six FBAR years prepared as one engagement, with the document completeness check and the Form 14653 organiser. You certify non-willfulness, sign and file.
A company or partnership outside the US — Forms 5471 / 8865
Detected and routed to a specialistDetected from your answers and routed to a specialist; the personal return and the package are their starting point.
A foreign trust, a large gift or an inheritance — Forms 3520 / 3520-A
Detected and routed to a specialistForm 3520, Form 3520-A: detected and routed to a professional, with the package as their starting point.
Renouncing — Form 8854
Detected and routed to a specialistThe readiness screen and the package are prepared; Form 8854 itself is prepared with a specialist.
An IRS examination or representation
Not handledRepresentation before the IRS is a separate engagement with an authorised practitioner, never part of a package.
The package, form by form
Form 1040
Official IRS PDF · key lines pre-filledOfficial IRS Form 1040 (2025) is generated with the income detail (2b interest, 3b dividends, 7 capital gain), deduction (12), taxable income (15), tax (16), Schedule 3 credits (20), other taxes (23), and total tax (24). Left for you: filing status + dependents, the income-buildup totals and the FEIE flow (see Form 2555 / Schedule 1), and the intermediate subtraction lines.
Schedule B
Official IRS PDF · key lines pre-filledOfficial IRS Schedule B (2025) is generated with the interest total (lines 2 + 4 → Form 1040 line 2b) and the ordinary dividend total (line 6 → Form 1040 line 3b). The per-payer detail and Part III foreign-account questions are the filer's.
Schedule D
Official IRS PDF · key lines pre-filledOfficial IRS Schedule D (2025) is generated with the net short-term (line 7) and long-term (line 15) capital gains and the total (line 16 → Form 1040 line 7). The per-transaction detail (Form 8949) is the filer's.
Schedule 1
Official IRS PDF · key lines pre-filledOfficial IRS Schedule 1 (2025) is generated with the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion from Form 2555 (line 8d, as a negative; lines 9 + 10 → Form 1040 line 8). Other income / adjustment lines are the filer's.
Schedule 2
Official IRS PDF · key lines pre-filledOfficial IRS Schedule 2 (2025) is generated with self-employment tax (line 4), Additional Medicare Tax (line 11), NIIT (line 12), the §1291 interest from Form 8621 (line 17p), and the total (line 21 → Form 1040 line 23). The §1291 deferred-tax sub-line (17z) is placed by the filer per the Form 8621 instructions.
Schedule 3
Official IRS PDF · key lines pre-filledOfficial IRS Schedule 3 (2025) is generated with the Foreign Tax Credit (line 1 + line 8 → Form 1040 line 20). Other credit lines are the filer's.
Schedule C
Mapped worksheet · official template pendingNo official Schedule C template is filled. The package contains a line-mapped worksheet: gross receipts (line 1), returns and allowances (2), cost of goods sold (4), Part II expenses by category with the 50% meals limit applied (8–27a, 28), and net profit or loss (31) flowing to Schedule 1 line 3 and Schedule SE line 2. Principal business code, home-office and depreciation detail are left for the filer.
Schedule SE
Mapped worksheet · official template pendingNo official Schedule SE template is filled. The package contains a line-mapped worksheet: net earnings at 92.35% (line 4a), the year's Social Security wage base and wages already taxed (7, 8a), the 12.4% Social Security and 2.9% Medicare portions (10, 11), self-employment tax (12 → Schedule 2 line 4) and the deductible half (13 → Schedule 1 line 15). A totalization exemption is applied only when the country's agreement is in force AND a certificate of coverage is available; India and other countries without an agreement are computed at the full rate.
Form 8621
Official IRS PDF · filled for supported inputsOfficial IRS Form 8621 (Rev. Dec 2025) is generated and filled for every regime the engine computes: Mark-to-Market (Part I + II + Part IV), QEF (Part I + II + Part III), and §1291 dispositions (Part I 5a + Part V 15f/16a/16b/16c/16f). A held §1291 PFIC with no disposition and no distribution data gets the regime box only — its excess-distribution lines need the user's actual distribution figures (honest-strict; never fabricated).
Delivered today: Each supported PFIC gets a Form 8621 worksheet with every §1291, QEF or mark-to-market figure computed and mapped to the form's lines, plus the assumption log — up to 25 in one package.
Form 8938
Official IRS PDF · key lines pre-filledOfficial IRS Form 8938 (Rev. Nov 2021) is generated with the taxpayer name, the Specified-individual filer type, and Part IV line 18 (Number of Forms 8621). The per-account/per-asset detail (Parts I–III value & income, Parts V/VI) needs your account statements — the engine computes the FATCA threshold, not the per-asset breakdown.
Form 1116
Official IRS PDF · key lines pre-filledOfficial IRS Form 1116 (2025) is generated and filled for the passive category and the Part III §904 limitation (line 9 foreign taxes, 14 available, 20 US tax, 21 limitation, 24 + 35 credit). Part I (foreign-source income by country) and Part II (per-country tax detail) need your breakdown; a filer with non-passive foreign income needs an additional Form 1116.
Form 8960
Mapped worksheet · official template pendingNIIT is computed only when MAGI is supplied; official template pending.
Form 2555
Official IRS PDF · key lines pre-filledOfficial IRS Form 2555 (2025) is generated and filled for foreign earned income (Part IV/V lines 19/24/26/27) and the §911 exclusion (Part VII line 40 max, line 42 exclusion; Part IX line 45 total → Schedule 1). Parts I–III (general info + bona-fide-residence / physical-presence qualification) need your input. Income is entered as wages — reallocate within Part IV if self-employed.
Form 8833
Mapped worksheet · official template pendingTreaty disclosure notes are drafted; official template pending.
FBAR / FinCEN 114
Separate filing · not part of the IRS packageFBAR is filed separately with FinCEN, outside the IRS return package.
Form 3520
Out of scope · routed to a CPAForeign trust facts route to a CPA, who prepares Form 3520 from the package.
Form 3520-A
Out of scope · routed to a CPAForeign trust facts route to a CPA, who prepares Form 3520-A from the package.
What the service does, level by level
The same ten levels are printed on every quote, order summary and generated package, from one manifest. A level shown as unavailable here is unavailable everywhere — no page, checkout or file can promote it.
| Level | PFIC Portfolio | CPA Export | Free scan |
|---|---|---|---|
| Screened | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Computed | Yes | Yes | No |
| Worksheets mapped to form lines | Yes | Yes | No |
| Official IRS PDFs, key lines pre-filled | Conditional — see note | No | No |
| Official IRS PDFs, filled for every supported input | No | No | No |
| Operational check before release | No | No | No |
| Reviewed by a credentialed EA/CPA | No | No | No |
| Signed on your behalf | No | No | No |
| Transmitted to the IRS / FinCEN | No | No | No |
| IRS / FinCEN acceptance recorded | No | No | No |
Worksheets mapped to form lines. Generated automatically from your confirmed inputs. You sign and file; nothing is transmitted to the IRS or FinCEN and no acceptance is recorded.
How to read a status
- Official IRS PDF · filled for supported inputs — the listed IRS template is filled for the regimes and data the engine computes. The per-form note identifies inputs that can still remain.
- Official IRS PDF · key lines pre-filled — the official template is generated with the computed lines placed; the per-payer, per-account, or qualification detail remains yours.
- Mapped worksheet — the figures are computed and mapped to the form's lines in a worksheet; you transcribe them onto the official form (or your CPA does).
- Separate filing — the FBAR is a FinCEN filing at bsaefiling.fincen.treas.gov, never mailed with the IRS return.
- Out of scope — foreign-trust forms (3520 / 3520-A) and anything requiring legal judgment route to a professional, with the package as their starting point.
Last reviewed . Form revisions are re-verified against the IRS each filing season — see the methodology changelog.