Nomad Tax
Keep more of what you earn — legally.
FEIE vs the Foreign Tax Credit, state domicile, self-employment tax, FBAR/FATCA, and the credit-killing mistakes — worked out as concrete dollar math, not jargon.
Tax · Retirement · Money, across borders
Where you live is a financial decision.
Practical tax, retirement, and money strategy for people who earn online and live anywhere.
The LedgerWorked example · TY2025
You earn online$120,000
Tax — stay in a high-tax state−$31,200
Tax — after the move, done right−$8,267
Your geographic dividend+$22,933/yr
The depth that usually only exists as dry text — made watchable.
Real math, on screen
Every claim is a named-persona, round-number, sourced calculation — not vibes. If a figure depends on the tax year, we say which year.
For the working nomad
Built for people earning roughly $50k–$250k online — not the offshore-trust crowd. Tier-appropriate strategy, not yacht fantasies.
Mechanism, not advice
We teach how the cross-border money machine works so you can ask a pro the right questions. The boring, accurate truth — minus the “$0 tax!” hype.
What we cover
Four pillars. One question: what do you actually keep?
Retirement Without a Home Base
Build the future from anywhere.
Roth and 401(k) eligibility abroad, PFIC-safe investing, Social Security overseas, and geographic-arbitrage retirement: how changing your map can change your runway.
Money Systems on the Road
Run your money day-to-day across borders.
The banking, multi-currency, and FX stack that doesn't bleed you, keeping your home credit alive, and what 'covered' actually costs for health insurance abroad.
Location & Lifestyle Economics
Choose where the math works.
Country teardowns on real after-tax take-home, nomad visas ranked by what you keep, and the cheapest legitimate paths to residency — Portugal vs Thailand vs Mexico, decided by numbers.
Watch the math
Featured episodes
Each one resolves a real dollar question with the Ledger — our running, color-coded tally. Green saves, red costs, gold is the number that matters.
Nomad Tax · Pillar 01
She Owed $0 in Tax. One Missed Form Could Still Cost $16,536.
Sarah moved abroad and opened a bank account to pay rent. She owed zero US tax — and could still owe a $16,536 penalty for a form she'd never heard of. A financial autopsy of the FBAR trap.
$16,536penalty, $0 tax owed (2025)
Nomad Tax · Pillar 01
He Moved to Dubai for Zero Tax. He Still Owed the IRS $28,000.
Marcus moved to Dubai for one reason — zero percent tax — and swore he'd never write the IRS a check again. Then he did. A financial autopsy of the most-hyped move in the expat playbook.
$28,000still owed, illustrative (TY2025)
Location & Lifestyle · Pillar 04
He Moved to Lisbon to Save on Taxes. It's Costing Him $31,000 a Year.
Daniel did everything the internet said — kept his $120K remote job, moved to Lisbon for the famous tax break. One problem: it died in 2023. A financial autopsy of the move everyone recommends.
$31,000a year, illustrative (TY2025)
Nomad Tax · Pillar 01
FEIE vs Foreign Tax Credit: Which One Actually Saves You More?
Same income, same $0 bill — but one nomad banks a credit and the other burns it. We draw the real, on-screen math for a U.S. citizen earning abroad.
$22,933banked vs. burned (TY2025)
Nomad Tax · Pillar 01
Moved Abroad? Your State Might Still Be Taxing You
Leaving the country isn't leaving your state. What 'domicile' really means, the five states that fight hardest to keep you, and the checklist that ends the bill.
$7,000per year, illustrative (TY2025)Free guide
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