About us
US Tax Asia is a specialist intake platform for Americans living in Asia who need help with their US tax filings. We are not a tax preparation firm ourselves. We're the front door.
How we work
When you submit an inquiry, we pass your information to a partnered US tax preparation firm, a US-credentialed practice (CPAs and Enrolled Agents) based in Hong Kong that works exclusively with American and green-card-holder clients living abroad. Their team has filed returns for thousands of Americans across Japan, Thailand, Singapore, Hong Kong, and the broader APAC region.
They contact you directly, gather documents, prepare your return, and handle the filing. We stay out of the tax-prep process itself. That's their professional responsibility, not ours.
Why a separate intake site?
Two reasons.
First, specialization. The firm we partner with handles all kinds of US expat tax: annual 1040s, FBARs, tax treaty analysis, everything. But Americans in Asia searching for help have questions specific to Asia: "Is my Japanese NISA fund a PFIC?" "Does the US-Singapore treaty apply to my dividends?" "I own an apartment in Bangkok; how does depreciation work on the US side?" A dedicated Asia-focused intake channel answers those questions at the point of decision, before you're sitting across from a preparer in a general consultation.
Second, content and education. Generalist US expat tax firms can't write deep country-by-country content without sounding generic. A site focused on Asia can. The pages on this site are for people who want to understand their situation before they pay anyone to fix it.
What we do and don't do
We do:
- Answer questions about US tax filing for Americans in Asia (educational content, not advice for your specific case).
- Collect inquiry details and pass them to our partner firm.
- Follow up if you don't hear back in a reasonable window.
We don't:
- Prepare returns or FBARs ourselves.
- Represent clients before the IRS.
- Give tax advice on specific situations. That comes from the firm directly, as part of their engagement with you.
- Sell your information to other firms or third parties. Your inquiry goes to one place: our partner firm, for the purpose of fulfilling your request.
Regulatory framing
We're organized in the US as a marketing and lead-generation agency; our partner firm is a US tax practice in Hong Kong. The marketing-services arrangement between us is on a standard fee basis. We're paid by the firm, not by you, so our content has no direct financial incentive to steer you toward any particular service. Your fee to the firm is the firm's fee to you, unchanged.
We follow US and Hong Kong data-privacy laws on the information you submit, including CCPA (California), CAN-SPAM, TCPA, and the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (Hong Kong Cap. 486). We obtain your explicit consent before passing your inquiry to the partner firm; full details are in our privacy policy.
What to expect after you submit
The partner firm contacts you within two Asia business days at the phone number and email you provide. The initial contact is a free 20–30 minute assessment call. They'll ask about your situation (country, filing history, income types, any foreign corporations or rental properties) and tell you what the scope looks like and what a fee estimate would be. You decide whether to engage after that call.
If you'd rather skip the call and just email, that works too. Mention it in the notes field on the contact form.
Questions before you submit anything
If you want to ask a question first without committing to an engagement (about whether your situation fits our partner's focus area, about the process, about anything), use the contact form and mention it's a pre-engagement question in the notes. We'll route it appropriately.