I’m a US citizen living abroad and I moved from EU to Asia to at the end of last year and also have a completely different employer currently. For the current employer, I barely made any money last year so I shouldn’t need to file for that income.
So my question is do I write down my current address and my current employment, or do I write down the address and employer of 2025 where the money I'm filing is sourced from?
Do I put my current or my previous employer when filing taxes?
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I wasn’t aware the IRS asked for your current employer. Which form are you filling out?
for address, list where you currently live
You need to file for all the places you had income from. It doesn’t matter which gave you more or if one hits a certain value, it cares about the *total* income from *all sources* through the year.
It’s utterly insane that the US government can tax income earned by citizens when living and working abroad.
The US tax philosophy is you can go live where ever you wish. But income taxes will be paid.
Pretty sure that the employer you put in is tied to the W-2 you receive from that employer. So if 2 W-2s, you would have 2 employers listed.
In principle, you attach any forms W-2 you received; that’s the only place in your filings that indicates each employer(s), and they fill out that form, not you. The actual forms you fill in only have you enter your income and, at the point where you sign, your occupation.
(In practice, tax preparers don’t even bother to file copies of your forms W-2, the IRS has already received one from the employer.)