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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

Handled

Form 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)

Handled

Form 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)

Handled

Form 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

Handled

Form 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

Handled

Form 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

Handled

The 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

Handled

Form 8960: computed and mapped line by line to a worksheet you (or your accountant) transcribe onto the official form.

Self-employed abroad

Handled

Schedule 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

Handled

Form 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

Handled

Up 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 specialist

Detected 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 specialist

Form 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 specialist

The readiness screen and the package are prepared; Form 8854 itself is prepared with a specialist.

An IRS examination or representation

Not handled

Representation 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-filled

Official 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-filled

Official 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-filled

Official 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-filled

Official 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-filled

Official 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-filled

Official 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 pending

No 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 pending

No 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 inputs

Official 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-filled

Official 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-filled

Official 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 pending

NIIT is computed only when MAGI is supplied; official template pending.

Form 2555

Official IRS PDF · key lines pre-filled

Official 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 pending

Treaty disclosure notes are drafted; official template pending.

FBAR / FinCEN 114

Separate filing · not part of the IRS package

FBAR is filed separately with FinCEN, outside the IRS return package.

Form 3520

Out of scope · routed to a CPA

Foreign trust facts route to a CPA, who prepares Form 3520 from the package.

Form 3520-A

Out of scope · routed to a CPA

Foreign 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.

LevelPFIC PortfolioCPA ExportFree scan
ScreenedYesYesYes
ComputedYesYesNo
Worksheets mapped to form linesYesYesNo
Official IRS PDFs, key lines pre-filledConditional — see noteNoNo
Official IRS PDFs, filled for every supported inputNoNoNo
Operational check before releaseNoNoNo
Reviewed by a credentialed EA/CPANoNoNo
Signed on your behalfNoNoNo
Transmitted to the IRS / FinCENNoNoNo
IRS / FinCEN acceptance recordedNoNoNo

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

Last reviewed . Form revisions are re-verified against the IRS each filing season — see the methodology changelog.