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It might be very state-specific, but I see the opposite. Farmers don't pay anything where I live in the USA. Ag Use property tax is about 1% of residential or commercial use. A million-dollar farmland pays the same property tax as a $10k residential lot. Farms are exempt from the state's...

I think the point was you could have wayyyyyy over the filing threshold trigger for 8938 in a foreign bank account but if you don't have a 1040 filing requirement to begin with you wouldn't need to file a return or form 8938. So you could have a million dollars in a foreign bank account but if...

I use Ooma Office. I have an actual phone with SpeakerPhone and a headset that plugs into my router. I can forward it to my mobile phone or use the Ooma app on my phone or PC to answer or make phone calls out, showing that number. It's around $25 a month, but it includes a virtual...

I have an AT&T premium plan that has unlimited talk, text, and data when I'm in Argentina. Having the hotspot, and ability to use non-wifi calling/text has helped during power/internet outages. My work isn't appointment sensitive, but I would probably consider Starlink and battery backups if...

In my town a family that sold their farm was in a fatal car crash on the way home. No one could find the money just the empty case but all the Bombero's bought businesses and become millionaires in the following years. This was like 20 years ago or more but on Día del Bombero Voluntario...

On the 8889 from there is a line for total distributions HSA and the next line is for qualified medical expenses paid using those distributions. The only time I saw the IRS ever question it was when someone either forgot to list their distributions from the 1099-SA or forgot to include the...

With the 2-year continuous citizenship requirement and now having to make a statement about the purpose of your trip on each border run, it seems like a big risk with no reward. Building evidence against yourself for abuse of a tourist visa and allowing them an easy opportunity to enforce it.

This was posted a year or so ago by Bajo_cero2 "Visa runs are illegal according to decreto 616/2010. It is called abuse of tourist visa and allow them to reject you at the border. It is better to overstay, then you become an inhabitant protected by the National Constitution." Would it still...

It was explained to me that overstaying and paying the fine is a clear violation, but it’s at least honest. Immigration knows you stayed longer than permitted, and you acknowledge that by paying the penalty. That’s why, strangely enough, it may now be seen as more acceptable. Repeated exits and...

Wouldn't overstaying still be preferred to border hopping now more than ever before?

Wouldn't the foreign tax credits and/or earned income exclusions if self-employed or w2 cover any USA tax liability? Or it is the paying into self-employment/FICA taxes in both systems creating the 40%.

I had a 2-year absence during COVID and a few one-year absences mixed in the 10 years I've had permanent residency. I wonder if there is real enforcement, will they just refuse to renew the DNI, make you enter as a tourist, or will it turn out like the USA is at the moment, where they pull you...

Exactly. Still a low rent. To go back in time of I would have bought but that is hindsight.

These two properties in my town are listed at almost $200k. I'm sure a deal can be made for less but a few years ago it would have been under a $100k list price for comparison. It probably isnt all that different from a major city price. Rents are always so low compared to the purchase prices...

An area within the Sierras de Córdoba might be a good option. Mountain scenery, mild climate, and central location in Argentina

It is rare only for budget vehicles or some base vehicle trims. Most of the higher trim levels of the budget vehicles have an optional automatic and many of the mid-range suv's and cars won't even have a manual option anymore. I don't think you can get a Rav4 or Corolla in manual anymore...

Some of the farmland has held a stable usd price. It's been hovering around $10k per hectare for the last 15 years I been here. It has gone up but nothing more than keeping pace with usd inflation. Years ago I thought it was so crazy and out of reach because everything else was so cheap in...

I have AT&T unlimited through my US phone and use it for calling, texts, high-speed data, and mobile hotspot. It covers nearly all of Latin America. They changed the fine print to mention international use shouldn't exceed domestic, but I never had a problem.

I was looking at the numbers and it seems like there would be about a 10-year breakeven if you would ever return the the USA and opt back in with the 10% penalty per year. So if you are gone 1 year or 20 years it would still take an extra 10 years of the extra penalty payments to be negative...

On new a construction I would go with the traditional ductwork if you aren't pressed for overall space. I like the cleaner walls, vents in every room, the ability to use a gas furnace, and the filtering/circulating of air benefits. If it is a retrofit I vote mini splits as well.