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This will be first IRS filing living here in CR.Like many I
use a courier service to deliver mail to me,in my case Aeropost.
This makes my mailing address Miami but I live outside the US.
IRS has a separate address for citizens living abroad to send
the returns to,I am not sure whatit is. For certain it is not
Atlanta which is where I would send the return if I actually lived there.
My question to those who do live in Costa Rica but have their
address in the U.S., where do you send your returns? My return
is simple and do it myself,I just don’t know where to send it.
Thanks!!!!The very simplest, fastest and most secure way is to e-file. Last year I used TurboTax for the first time. Couldn’t be happier with it.
Thank you for your response. Actually I had thought
about Turbo Tax and it is good to have your recommendation.We file Schedules A & B, so we buy the version of TurboTax that provides for them. If your return is really simple, you may be able to save some money buying the lesser version. And you can download it.
My wife and I have lived in CR for 2 1/2 years. Our only income is from our SS checks and my military retirement check. I haven’t filed in these 2 years as I assumed we didn’t need to as we have no earned income and the retirement income is < 30K a year.
If I am all fouled up on this (notice in my last sentence I used the word “assumed” and all it implies) can you tell me who in CR can give me an answer for sure? I realize this is not the place for legal advice, but a good referral would help me belay my fears.Thanks
ARCR may be able to refer you to an accountant who’s knowledgeable about the IRS Code, or you can look in Tico Times for one of several ads from accountants.
You need to be on very solid ground about this, sr. snakedriver. If you’re wrong and you do need to (1)file and (2)pay tax on some portion of your incomes, you will find out that IRS’ penalties and interest mount up very quickly.
I can tell you that our State of Michigan pensions are fully taxable under the IRS Code and we may have a tax liability for my Social Security payments which only began last February.
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