{"id":13797,"date":"2024-12-29T14:23:11","date_gmt":"2024-12-29T21:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/kb\/expatriates-or-expat-tax-deferral-planning\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T17:09:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T17:09:23","slug":"expatriates-or-expat-tax-deferral-planning","status":"publish","type":"epkb_post_type_1","link":"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/kb\/expatriates-or-expat-tax-deferral-planning\/","title":{"rendered":"Expatriates or Expat Tax Deferral Planning"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 ez-toc-wrap-right counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table Of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/kb\/expatriates-or-expat-tax-deferral-planning\/#Taxpayers_Comprehensive_Guide_to_LLCs_and_S_Corps_2025_Edition\" >Taxpayer\u2019s Comprehensive Guide to LLCs and S Corps 2025 Edition<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/kb\/expatriates-or-expat-tax-deferral-planning\/#Talk_to_a_Small_Business_CPA_About_Your_Situation\" >Talk to a Small Business CPA About Your Situation<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/kb\/expatriates-or-expat-tax-deferral-planning\/#Schedule_Discovery_Meeting_Now\" >Schedule Discovery Meeting Now<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]By <strong>Jason Watson, CPA<\/strong><br \/>\nPosted Monday, December 30, 2024<\/p>\n<p>For our small business owners or contractors working overseas, there is a consideration when it comes to tax deferred retirement planning. Currently the amount of foreign earned income that can be excluded from ordinary income tax is $130,000 (for the 2025 tax year). Therefore, if you qualify as an expat and your income is less than $130,000 all your income is excluded.<\/p>\n<p>Fast forward, if you elect to defer some of your earnings into a tax deferred retirement account you might be creating a tax liability unnecessarily. In other words, if your income was already being excluded from income tax, why put money into a tax deferred retirement account just to pay tax on the money later when that money was never supposed to be taxed in the first place. Huh? Stay with us.<\/p>\n<p>You make $130,000. You pay $0 in taxes. You put $7,000 in a normal trading account. This $7,000 was never taxed and never will be. You make $10,000 on it because you\u2019re smart. You sell the investments and recognize a $10,000 taxable gain all at capital gains rates.<\/p>\n<p>Same situation, but with an IRA-<\/p>\n<p>You make $130,000. You pay $0 in taxes. You put $7,000 (for the 2025 tax year) in an IRA. This $7,000 is not taxed. You make $10,000 on it because you\u2019re smart. You sell the investments, withdraw the money and recognized a $17,000 taxable gain, all at ordinary income tax rates.<\/p>\n<p>There are more devils in the details of course, but you get the general idea. To put money away in a tax deferred retirement account when that income was already going to be excluded generally does not make sense. A Roth IRA in this situation would be more ideal.<\/p>\n<p>Implementing a 401k plan doesn\u2019t solve any problems either. According to the IRS and specifically IRC Sections 1402(a)(11), 3401(a)(8) and 911, and Revenue Ruling 70-491, if all your income is excluded using the foreign earned income exclusion, then you cannot contribute to a 401k plan.<\/p>\n<p>Revenue Ruling 70-491 sums it up from 1970 (when the foreign earned income exclusion was $25,000). An attorney established a profit-sharing plan and earned $40,000. 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