About us
StreamlinedAmnesty.com is a specialist educational and secure intake portal for US citizens and green-card holders abroad who need to catch up on late tax filings. We are the front door to penalty-free tax amnesty.
How we work
Connecting expats to credentialed professionals
When you complete our secure self-assessment and submit your intake details, we securely transmit your case profile to our partnered US tax preparation firm, Capital Tax Limited. Based in Hong Kong, Capital Tax Limited is a highly respected, US-credentialed expat tax practice staffed exclusively by Enrolled Agents (EAs) and CPAs.
Their compliance professionals review whether the Streamlined Foreign Offshore Procedures (SFOP) fit your facts and email you a short Tax Questionnaire to capture a snapshot of your situation and scope the work. If you engage, they gather your document history, prepare all returns and FBARs, and manage the final IRS submission.
We stay entirely out of the tax-preparation and filing processes. That is Capital Tax Limited's direct professional responsibility. The initial eligibility checks and compliance fact reviews are provided to you completely free of charge. You commit money only after you receive a customized, flat-fee proposal and engage the preparer directly.
Why a specialized portal?
Authoritative Focus
The Streamlined compliance procedures are a narrow, highly specific pathway: 3 years of returns, 6 years of FBARs, and a legal certification statement. Expats facing these rules need direct, clear answers to particular questions (e.g. "What makes me non-willful?") without getting buried in a generic expat tax FAQ.
Education First
Fear of the unknown keeps non-compliant filers stuck; objective, clean information is what gets them unstuck. We provide comprehensive, plain-English guides so you fully understand the mechanics of voluntary catch-up filing before paying for services.
Our role and boundaries
We believe in absolute operational transparency. Here is a clear breakdown of what we do and do not do:
✓ What We Do
- Educate: Publish detailed, slop-free compliance guides about FBAR, FATCA, and the Streamlined program.
- Intake: Maintain a 256-bit SSL encrypted secure intake system to compile your tax case details.
- Connect: Securely route your assessment details to our vetted expat tax partners for scoping.
- Audit: Actively track your inquiry to ensure you receive a comprehensive flat-fee quote within two business days.
✕ What We Do NOT Do
- No Tax Prep: We do not prepare returns, FBAR reports, or Form 14653 narrative statements ourselves.
- No IRS Representation: We do not represent taxpayers before the IRS or during civil examinations.
- No Advice: We do not deliver specific tax or legal advice, which comes directly from Capital Tax Limited.
- No Data Selling: We never sell, lease, or distribute your personal details to third-party marketing brokers.
How this is organized
Vetted marketing partnership
StreamlinedAmnesty.com is operated by Real Good Digital LLC, a US marketing company. Capital Tax Limited is a separate, independent tax practice based in Hong Kong. We operate on a standard marketing-services fee basis and are compensated by our partner firm when assessments result in successful engagements. Your fee to Capital Tax Limited is completely unchanged by our involvement. There is zero markup, and our educational content is structured with absolute editorial objectivity.
What happens after you submit
Submitting the eligibility form does not notify the IRS of anything, nor does it initiate an irreversible process. Capital Tax Limited emails you within two business days, usually with a short Tax Questionnaire to capture a snapshot of your situation. That snapshot confirms whether the Streamlined procedures apply, sets the scope of deliverables, and gives the basis for a flat-fee proposal. You retain full control over whether to engage.
Who writes and reviews this site
Ilya Fayerman, Esq. · admitted to the New York bar
You can verify my admission in the New York State Unified Court System attorney directory.
Everything published here is edited and reviewed by me for legal and procedural accuracy before it goes live. I built this site because the guidance available to Americans abroad who are behind on their filings is mostly either sales copy or unreadable. The pages cite the primary sources they rely on, carry the date they were last checked, and get corrected when the rules change. The delinquent FBAR pages were rewritten within weeks of the July 2026 procedural change, and the renunciation figures were updated when the State Department fee fell from $2,350 to $450 in April 2026.
This site is educational and does not provide legal services. Tax preparation and filing are performed independently by Capital Tax Limited.
Editorial standards
- Primary sources. Thresholds, deadlines, form numbers, and penalty figures are taken from the IRS, FinCEN, the Federal Register, or the statute, and cited on the page.
- Dated review. Every guide carries the date it was last checked for accuracy. Figures that change annually are pinned to a single source of truth and swept when they move.
- Corrections. When a rule changes, the affected pages are updated rather than left standing. If you find something wrong, tell me and it gets fixed.
- No pay-to-play. Nothing on this site is ranked, recommended, or described differently because a firm paid for it.