Looking back on it now, I realize how perilously unprepared I was for the expat life when I set out for Europe seven years ago. With my beast of a laptop weighing down my carry-on like a slab of concrete and my suitcase loaded with a miscellany of American treats that I was sure I’d…

These days, more and more Americans are filing their taxes online, thanks to services like TurboTax and H&R Block that are making it easy for them to do so. And if you’re an American expat, you’ll almost definitely be filing your taxes online from abroad. You may be used to doing your taxes in person…