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FBAR & Form 8938 threshold checker

Two separate filings with two different triggers: FBAR fires at $10,000 across your foreign accounts; Form 8938 has higher thresholds that depend on your filing status and whether you live abroad. Enter your numbers to see which apply.

Highest combined value, all foreign accounts/assets (during the year)

Value on December 31 (optional)

Filing status

Where do you live?

FBAR — FinCEN Form 114

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Trigger: foreign accounts over $10,000 combined, any time in the year.

Form 8938 — FATCA

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Your thresholds (living abroad, single/MFS): $200,000 on Dec 31, or $300,000 any time.

Enter your numbers to see which disclosures apply.

Start a free draft FBAR vs 8938

Educational estimate, not tax advice. FBAR counts foreign financial accounts; Form 8938 counts a broader set of specified foreign financial assets (and excludes directly-held foreign real estate). Use end-of-year exchange rates (Treasury rates for FBAR).

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