The U.S. taxes you.
Wherever you live.
We make sure it's done right.
International tax is unforgiving. The wrong election, a missed account disclosure, or an unplanned residency crossing can cost more than years of returns.
Crossbridge Tax is dedicated to providing expert tax advice for U.S. citizens and residents with international tax exposure and foreign nationals entering the U.S. tax system. The situations are different. The complexity is not.
THE CROSSBRIDGE STANDARD
Every professional on your engagement.
Not just the advisor of record. Everyone.
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CPA license or active bar admission - required
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Big 4 or equivalent international tax background
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10+ years of specific cross-border tax experience
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No junior staff on client-facing work. Ever.
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Direct access to the principal on every engagement
There is no relationship manager, no junior tier, and no plans to add one. Future hires will meet the same standard.
5.5M+
Americans abroad subject to U.S. worldwide income tax
$10K
FBAR penalty per late or missing report
60+
U.S. tax treaty countries - most taxpayers never claim them
THE CROSSBRIDGE DIFFERENCE
What sets us apart from every other option
Precision
A tax return that's filed on time but makes the wrong election can cost more than no return at all. A FIRPTA withholding certificate filed a week late achieves nothing. We hold ourselves to a precision standard - not a completion standard - because that's what international tax actually requires.
Senior Only
Large firms use senior professionals as relationship managers. Work gets delegated. The person you met is not the person preparing your return, estimate, planning guidance. At Crossbridge, the professional you engage with is the professional doing and explaining the work, not a junior team member or sales person.
Tax + Legal
Most tax firms refer legal questions out. Most law firms refer tax questions out. Crossbridge maintains both capabilities - Crossbridge Tax for compliance and advisory work. Crossbridge Legal for matters requiring formal legal representation. The analysis happens in one place.
Collaboration
The FEIE/FTC election is not a technical choice we make silently and never explain. The entity structure recommendation is not a conclusion we hand down without ensuring you understand our reasoning. We explain the options, the tradeoffs, and the basis for our opinion - because informed clients make better decisions and ask better questions. We want to be your trusted advisor.
MISTAKES THAT COST THE MOST
What we see in almost every new client engagement
These aren't edge cases. They're the situations that compound quietly for years - and that become very expensive the moment someone looks closely.
Filing FEIE when FTC was better
The Foreign Earned Income Exclusion and Foreign Tax Credit are not interchangeable. In high-tax countries, the FTC often produces dramatically better outcomes — but once you've taken the FEIE, revocation triggers a five-year lockout. Years of suboptimal returns can mean tens of thousands in avoidable overpayment.
Often $5K–$20K+ per year, compounding
Forming an LLC as a foreign owner
Foreign founders default to LLCs because they seem simple. For a foreign owner, the LLC's disregarded entity status means the IRS looks through it directly — creating effectively connected income, Form 5472 filing obligations with $25,000 penalties, and treaty complications a C-Corp avoids entirely.
$25K+ Form 5472 penalty
Missing the self-employment tax trap
The FEIE excludes income from income tax — but not from the 15.3% self-employment tax. Freelancers and contractors who take the FEIE and assume their tax obligation is zero are mistaken. At the 2026 exclusion limit alone, the SE tax exposure is about $18,800 per year.
Up to $18,800 per year at 2026 FEIE limit
Not planning before renouncing citizenship
For a covered expatriate, worldwide assets are treated as sold at fair market value on the day before expatriation, and gain above the exclusion amount ($910,000 for 2026) is taxed. Gifting, trust restructuring, and gain-harvesting strategies available before that date disappear the moment papers are signed.
Permanent - options close on filing
Planning provides more value than compliance
The most valuable thing we do is not file returns - it's identifying the decisions that haven't been made yet, and making sure they're made correctly. The pre-immigration consultation. The exit tax analysis twelve months before the renunciation date. The entity structure conversation before the LLC is formed. We build our practice around those engagements because that's where the real value is.
THE CREDENTIAL STANDARD
What every Crossbridge professional must hold,
no exceptions
This isn't aspirational. It's the operating requirement for everyone who touches client work at Crossbridge. We hold it because international tax - done at this level - demands it.
CPA License or
Bar Admission
Every professional engaged by Crossbridge is either a licensed Certified Public Accountant or a member of an active state bar. Not enrolled agents. Not unlicensed preparers. Not supervised associates. The professional on your engagement is credentialed. Full stop.
Big 4 or Equivalent
Background
We require Big 4 experience - or equivalent at a firm that handles genuinely complex cross-border work - because that's where the difficult international matters are actually handled. The training, the case complexity, and the professional standards are the reference point we hold everyone to.
10+ Years International
Tax Experience
Generalist experience doesn't count toward this threshold. We require a decade of dedicated international tax work - expat returns, treaty positions, foreign entity compliance, FBAR/FATCA, pre-immigration planning - the narrow discipline our clients actually need.
"No one at Crossbridge is learning international tax on your engagement. They learned it before they arrived."
Crossbridge operates as two related but distinct entities - Crossbridge Tax and Crossbridge Legal - that coordinate to provide tax and legal capability. Crossbridge Legal operates as a separate law firm and maintains its own bar compliance. Attorney-client privilege attaches to legal engagements. No client relationship with Crossbridge Tax constitutes a legal engagement with Crossbridge Legal without a separate engagement letter. The information on this website is provided for general informational purposes only. It does not constitute tax advice, legal advice, or the formation of a professional relationship of any kind. No person should act or refrain from acting based on information on this website without first consulting a qualified tax professional or attorney regarding their specific situation. Crossbridge Tax is a tax advisory practice in the State of Georgia. Crossbridge Legal is a separate law firm. Use of this website does not create a client relationship with either firm. For legal matters: attorney-client relationship forms only upon execution of a separate engagement agreement with Crossbridge Legal.