Expat CPA
Score
out of 5rubric 2026.1
- Federal return with FBAR
- $508
- Federal return
- $389
- FBAR
- $119 per FBAR
- Who prepares it
- Prepared by a CPA
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The summary is editorial. The two lists beneath it are read from this product's verified attributes against the rest of its table, and change when a figure does.
Itemised flat fees: $389 for Form 1040 with the foreign earned income exclusion and an hour of consulting, $119 for an FBAR. Claiming the foreign tax credit instead adds $165 for Form 1116.
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The score, taken apart
Every criterion, its published weight, what it earned and what that contributed.
| Criterion | Weight | Score | PointsContribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Federal return with FBAR | 100% | 2.73 | 2.73 |
| Total | 100% | 2.7 |
Standard tier. Weights are published on the methodology page; a change to any of them is a rubric version bump, not a silent edit.
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| Attribute | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Federal expat return | $389expatcpa.com | expatcpa.com |
| FBAR fee | $119expatcpa.com | expatcpa.com |
| FBAR | $119 per FBARexpatcpa.com | expatcpa.com |
| Who prepares it | Prepared by a CPAexpatcpa.com | expatcpa.com |
| Price basis | Flat fee (exclusion route; tax credit $165 extra)expatcpa.com | expatcpa.com |
| Streamlined catch-up package | Not publishedexpatcpa.com | expatcpa.com |
| What the Streamlined package covers | No flat fee; estimate on requestexpatcpa.com | expatcpa.com |
Every figure above was checked against its source in Oct 2026. Figures are rechecked at least every 12 months; one past that is marked “Recheck due”.
Sources
Every figure checked in Oct 2026.
Federal expat return · FBAR fee · FBAR · Who prepares it · Price basis
Streamlined catch-up package · What the Streamlined package covers
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Points Architect. "Expat CPA: verified product record." Rubric 2026.1. Verified Oct 2026. https://pointsarchitect.com/expat-tax/expat-cpa
BibTeX
@misc{pointsarchitect-expat-tax-expat-cpa,
title = {Expat CPA: verified product record},
author = {{Points Architect}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://pointsarchitect.com/expat-tax/expat-cpa}},
note = {Verified Oct 2026; rubric 2026.1}
}Canonical URL https://pointsarchitect.com/expat-tax/expat-cpa. Every row in the attribute table has its own anchor, so a single fee can be cited without citing the whole record.
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