US citizen living abroad

[Huldinha]

Hi. I am a US citizen and I currently live in my home country of Brazil. I  do only Federal  tax, NO State tax and NO FBAR. I have NO income from the US. I am retired in Brazil and own a couple rental condos. I am wondering if any of your turbo tax  services handles Expat taxes and covers all the forms I would need such as Schedule B, Schedule E and Form 1116? Tks!

[DoninGA]

If you want to use the TurboTax online editions then you will need the Premier edition which supports Schedule B, Schedule E and Form 1116.  This is not a Free edition so to pay the TurboTax account fees for the online edition you will need to pay with a US credit card that has a US billing address.  Or if you have a federal tax refund you can select the option to pay the account fees with the federal tax refund.  But this option requires that your federal tax refund is to be deposited into a US bank account.

Or you can use any of the TurboTax desktop CD/Download editions to be installed on a personal computer, Windows or Mac.  But again to pay for these desktop editions you will need a US credit card with a US billing address.

Online editions - https://turbotax.intuit.com/personal-taxes/online/

Desktop CD/Download editions - https://turbotax.intuit.com/personal-taxes/cd-download/

[Huldinha]

So if I do not have a US credit card and no tax refund, I can not use turbo tax, is that correct?

[DoninGA]

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@Huldinha wrote:

So if I do not have a US credit card and no tax refund, I can not use turbo tax, is that correct?

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That is correct if you are purchasing from the TurboTax website.  However, there are other authorized online re-sellers of TurboTax who may accept a non-US credit card.

See this TurboTax support FAQ for authorized re-sellers - https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/intuit-product-orders/obtain-authentic-t...

[MaryK4]

Yes, TurboTax will be able to prepare your ex-pat return.  You will be able to prepare the Schedule Es for rental or Royalty income, Schedule B for interest income  and Foreign Tax Credits.  If you need help while you are preparing the return, you can come back here to ask specific questions!

[Huldinha]

But does Turbo tax accept foreign credit card? I do not have a US credit card and no federal tax refund! 

[Huldinha]

But if I purchase from a re-seller would I have the same service or support from the tax specialists? 

[Huldinha]

Too bad, I don’t have a US credit card. Thank you

[Huldinha]

Thank you

[Huldinha]

Hi! I also use Form 4562. Unfortunately I won’t be able to work with turbo tax because I don’t have a US credit card. Someone told me that I could buy the program from re sellers, I don’t know if I would feel confident doing my tax with a re seller program. Thanks!