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Intro -- Title Page -- Who the hell is Larry Lipsher (and why is he doing this)? -- For the seventh time….. My not so infamous, semi-annotated Table of Contents -- The introduction - for the seventh time I'm doing an introduction to a tax book. -- What is income? -- Tax rules applying to you, the expatriate U.S. tax filer -- My Frequently asked questions by expats section....! -- The Form 1040-NR 'Section' -- F(u)BAR & -- FinCEN114 -- FATCA -- Tax forms that the overseas U.S. tax filer needs to know about -- A brief refresher about capital gains and losses -- Penalties, penalties....and more penalties -- Streamlined Procedures -- So you are planning to move back to the U.S. -- Expatriation, as an alternative you might seriously want to consider….. -- NINE ESSAYS FROM A TRANS-PACIFIC ROCK N TAX MAN -- Finally! -- The Los Angeles Years -- Bob Dylan (to me, was an acquired taste) and The Band -- The Quest for Deep Purple -- Life as a Sheep Farmer - the northern California years -- Freddie and Mick and their Respective Back-Up Bands -- Living in the PR of C - a Quarter Century of the Ultimate Mid-Life Crisis -- Evolution - the Dead End…..or the Dawn of the Dead? -- Life in China for a quarter of a century - the second half….. -- The sort of stuff one writes upon completion of a 7th book - my End Notes….

Intro -- Title Page -- The introduction - Hey - this section is not a repeat from last year......I rewrote this - really I did!!! -- Tax rules applying to you, the expatriate U.S. tax filer (the real 'nuts and bolts' reason you're reading this book ! -- What is income -- F(u)BAR & -- FinCEN 114 -- Forms 2555 and 5471 (with mention about the partnership information return, Form 8865) -- Obamacare (also known as the Affordable Health Care Act) -- So you are planning to move back to the U.S. - things you've got to be aware of! -- What is the ACA?.

Title Page -- The introduction -- a delightful way to ease on into what your tax system is like, including a description of who does not have to file a tax return (and by definition, if you are not eligible for this classification - like most of us - then you do have to file a tax return!). This section also serves to introduce the brand new Form 8938! -- The 'final' U.S. tax act of 2010 -- The Tax Relief Act of 2010. The end of the working year in Washington, DC for those 535 U.S. Senators and Members of Congress was 17 December 2010. On that date, Congress passed and the President signed the last tax act of 2010, only to begin again, squabbling over what our tax system should change to, early in 2011. Here are the items from this act that will impact American tax filers residing outside of the U.S. -- The Alternative Minimum Tax -- the dreaded AMT. All my accounting friends have started taking wagers over whether I could actually write an intelligible explanation of the AMT. Well, here it is, folks - you be the judge! -- So you've become an expat - this is it - the real 'nuts and bolts' of why you've probably purchased this book. -- This section contains the things you need to know to take advantage of the various and sundry exclusion laws - the ones you truly want to take advantage of!! -- F(u)BAR & -- FATCA - the new rules, the new laws.....OUCH! -- By the way, I take sole responsibility for adding that 'u' between the F and the B for FBAR.....not only can you not pronounce the two letters FB together....but that fubar acronym is truly fitting and proper for these newly enforced regulations!!! -- TDF90.22-1 - my narrative about that F(u)BAR form -- you have to file by 30 June 2011 as your calendar year 2010 report. A copy of this form and its instructions is at the back of the book, within the appendix. -- Form 2555 & -- Form 5471.