About Tacofe

Tacofe — TAx COmpliance For Expats — is a plain-language knowledge base for US citizens living abroad, with particular depth on the US–Canada corridor.

Why this exists

Cross-border tax has a discovery problem. The people most exposed — ordinary savers who happen to hold a US passport abroad — usually find out about their obligations from a penalty letter, a panicked forum thread, or a bank form they don't understand. The rules are knowable; they're just badly explained. Tacofe exists to close that gap before the letter arrives.

Who's behind it

[YOUR NAME] — Vancouver-based entrepreneur and founder of Complicheck, a compliance product. Tacofe is built in partnership with practicing cross-border CPAs who review the professional substance of what's published here.

The editorial standard

Every article carries a "last reviewed" stamp — the date its claims were checked against current IRS and CRA guidance. Cross-border rules shift, and old advice on the internet quietly goes stale. If an article's stamp is old, treat it accordingly; if it's recent, the claims held as of that date.

And one thing this site will never do: tell you, specifically, what to file. Everything here is educational. The honest output of good educational content is a better question for a professional — not a substitute for one.