Accountants who handle both halves of the picture — your US returns as an American living abroad, your Italian filings as a new resident, and the coordination in between so the same money doesn't get taxed twice.
CPAs, EAs, JDs in-house · founded 2001
Mentioned across the move-abroad forums more than any other firm in this category — the default recommendation for dedicated US expat tax prep. Two decades of pattern-matching on the work that actually bites: catch-up filings after years away, the foreign-account disclosures most domestic preparers miss, and choosing between credits and exclusions when the wrong call costs real money.
Boutique NY firm · CPA & Esq. co-founders
Boutique New York firm co-founded by Joshua Ashman (CPA, ex-PwC International Tax) and Ephraim Moss (Esq.) — an unusual pairing that puts compliance and treaty-interpretation expertise under one roof. Smaller and more partner-accessible than the high-volume firms; clients consistently describe direct communication with senior staff rather than handoffs to juniors.
Enrolled-Agent practice · Stephen Boush, principal
Small Enrolled-Agent practice that surfaced through first-hand recommendations on the move-abroad forums, with multi-year client relationships described as the pattern rather than the exception. The right fit when you want a personal relationship with your preparer over a portal and a process — and you're comfortable with a firm built around one principal rather than a large bench.
International firm · founded 1887
The same Italian firm listed on our attorneys page, included here because cross-border tax is genuinely part of the practice rather than a secondary service. Through partner Nick Metta's Doylestown office, US and Italian filings get coordinated by one team — useful when you'd rather your tax, residency, and property matters move through the same set of communications.
Italian commercialista · founding partner Pierpaolo Vannucci
Lucca-and-Florence commercialista with English-speaking partners and a practice deliberately oriented toward foreigners moving to Italy — fluent in the new-residents flat tax, the 7% southern-Italy retiree regime, and the Impatriated workers track. The firm sits inside the MGI Worldwide / CPAAI network, which is the standard infrastructure US-side firms use to coordinate an Italian counterpart. The Italian half of a US-citizen retiree's tax picture; pair with a US-side firm above for the IRS-facing work.
Accountants for the other countries are added as those portals open.
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