See the full article at: FBAR’s and Fideicomisos: To File or Not to File, That is the Question
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To file or not to file, that is the question:
Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them?
To die: to sleep; No more;
and by a sleep to say we end
The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to,
’tis a consummation Devoutly to be wish’d.
To die, to sleep;
To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there’s the rub;
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must give us pause: . . .
Yes, sometimes it seems easier to shuffle off this mortal coil, than to fill-out and file Federal Forms with the US Treasury and the IRS. (Where filing on-time from Mexico presents its own problems: if you use Turbo-Tax, you can only e-file from Mexico if you still have and list a US address, while H&R Block’s TaxCut allows e-filing from Mexico, without a US address.)
Back to the points about FBAR’s and Fideicomisos
Requirements for US Tax filing . . .
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Read the full article on FBAR’s and Fideicomisos: Requirements for filing at: (or access under Living in Yucatan (see header) )
FBAR’s and Fideicomisos: To File or Not to File, That is the Question
Also, see our related on-going saga of US Tax Info in this related article: “US Income Tax Filing Information for Ex-Pats” at: (or access under Living in Yucatan (see header) )
US Income Tax Filing Information for Ex-Pats
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© Steven M. Fry
Surviving Yucatan 
Any news on Nationalization/becoming a Mexican citizen?
Sirena,
Check with SRE for requirements. The details and requirements for Naturalization are too numerous to describe in a brief letter. The new INM law has dramatically changed the requirements for several categories of expat immigrants to become citizens, and the new changes should be announced before November 20, so, anything I tell you now may be obsolete by December, 2011. Also check out a good thread on Mexconnect that describes people’s current experiences. http://www.mexconnect.com/cgi-bin/forums/gforum.cgi?post=169936;sb=post_latest_reply;so=ASC;forum_view=forum_view_collapsed;guest=42789514
One Mexconnect post describes how one SRE office manager says that applicants over age 60 are not required to take the Mexican History test, just to demonstrate basic Spanish language competence.
Best of luck,
steve