Deadlines, explained plainly.
Life abroad runs on dates nobody tells you about until they've passed. These explainers cover each one in plain language — what it is, who it applies to, and when it bites — with the date we last checked every changeable fact.
Free · no email needed · Informational only — not tax, legal, or immigration advice
Start with your passport
The rules for an American and a German are near-opposites — the US taxes its citizens wherever they live, while Germany mostly stops at the border if you truly leave. Your passport decides which deadlines govern your year: the US dashboard, the German dashboard, or pick another passport and the whole page follows.
US passport
- The FBAR deadline, explained — due 15 April, automatically extended to 15 October; the $10,000 aggregate trigger; filed with FinCEN, not the IRS.
- FEIE basics — how qualifying expats exclude up to $130,000 of 2025 earned income ($132,900 for 2026), and the 330-day test.
German passport
- Leaving Germany: when the Finanzamt lets go — Wohnsitz and gewöhnlicher Aufenthalt, the § 2 AStG ten-year rule, exit tax, and what's still due after you leave.
Every passport
- The Schengen 90/180 rule — the rolling window, counting days correctly, and what the EU's Entry/Exit System changes now stamps are gone.
The one-page version.
The free NomadSorted cheat sheet — the deadlines that matter for your passport, on a single page. Instant download, yours to keep.
One email when a deadline is close, one when a new guide ships. Nothing else.