2025 Form 8854 (PDF)

Official source: IRS Forms, Instructions & Publications (https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f8854.pdf), retrieved 2026-10-03. U.S. Government work (17 U.S.C. § 105).

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OMB No. 1545-0074

Attachment Sequence No. 112

For calendar year 2025, or tax year beginning , 2025, and ending , 20 .

Name Identifying number (see instructions)

Part I General Information. For all filers. 1 Mailing address and telephone number where you can be reached after expatriation

2 Address of principal foreign residence (if different from line 1)

3 Country of tax residence (if different from line 2)

4 Check the box that applies. See instructions.

Initial expatriation statement for persons who expatriated in 2025. Complete Part II. Annual expatriation statement for persons who expatriated before 2025. Complete Part III.

5 Date of expatriation under section 877A(g)(3) for expatriating citizens and long-term residents (see instructions).

Citizen Long-term resident Long-term resident with dual residency in a treaty country. Date commencing to be treated, for tax purposes, as a resident of the treaty country

6 List all countries (including the United States) of which you are a citizen. See instructions.

a Name of country

b Date you became a citizen of each country listed on line 6a (see instructions)

7 How you became a U.S. citizen By birth By naturalization

8a Date you became a U.S. lawful permanent resident

b Date your U.S. lawful permanent resident status was revoked or abandoned (see instructions)

c Date you relinquished your permanent resident card (see instructions)

Part II Initial Expatriation Statement for Persons Who Expatriated in 2025 Section A Expatriation Information 1 Enter your U.S. income tax liability (after foreign tax credits) for the 5 tax years ending before the date of your expatriation. Caution: These amounts are not your balance due. See instructions.

1st Year Before Expatriation

2nd Year Before Expatriation

3rd Year Before Expatriation

4th Year Before Expatriation

5th Year Before Expatriation

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2 Enter your net worth on the date of your expatriation for tax purposes . . . . . . . . . . . $

3 Have there been significant changes in your assets and liabilities for the 5 years ending before the date of your expatriation? See instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Yes No If “Yes,” attach an explanation.

4 Did you become at birth a U.S. citizen and a citizen of another country, and do you continue to be a citizen of, and taxed as a resident of, that other country? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Yes No 5 If you answered “Yes” to question 4, have you been a resident of the United States for not more than 10 of the last 15 tax years (including the year of your expatriation)? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Yes No 6 Were you under age 18 ¹ /2 on the date you expatriated and have you been a U.S. resident for not more than 10 tax years? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Yes No 7 Do you certify under penalties of perjury that you have complied with all of your tax obligations for the 5 preceding tax years? See instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Yes No

For Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see the separate instructions. Cat. No. 24126N Form 8854 (2025) Created 9/11/25

Form 8854 (2025) Page 2 Section B Balance Sheet List in U.S. dollars the fair market value (FMV) and the U.S. adjusted basis of your assets and liabilities as of your expatriation date. For lines 6 and 7, list in U.S. dollars the present value of your pensions and deferred compensation interests as of your expatriation

date. For more details, see the instructions.

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Nonmarketable stock and securities issued by foreign companies
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Provide the name, address, and EIN, if any, of any such company
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Pensions or similar retirement arrangements (both U.S. and
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Deferred compensation (including stock options) (see instructions)
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Beneficial interests in trusts not included on line 9 (see instructions)
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Loans to U.S. persons .
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Real property located in the United States .
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Business property located outside the United States.
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Total assets. Add lines 1 through 5 and lines 6 through 19. Don’t
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date. For more details, see the instructions.

date. For more details, see the instructions.

Form 8854 (2025) Page 3 Section C Property Owned on Date of Expatriation Don’t complete Section C if:

• Your average net income tax liability for the 5 tax years immediately before expatriation (see line 1 in Section A) wasn’t more

than $206,000.00, your net worth on the date of your expatriation (see line 2 in Section A) was under $2 million, and you checked “Yes” on line 7 in Section A;

• In Section A, you checked “Yes” on lines 4, 5, and 7; or

• In Section A, you checked “Yes” on lines 6 and 7.

1 a Do you have any eligible deferred compensation items ? Checking the “Yes” box is an irrevocable waiver

of any right to claim any reduction in withholding for such eligible deferred compensation item under any treaty with the United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Yes No

b Do you have any ineligible deferred compensation items ? If “Yes,” you must include in income the

present value of your account on the day before your expatriation date . . . . . . . . . . . . Yes No

c Do you have an interest in a specified tax deferred account ? If “Yes,” you must include in income the

amount of your entire interest in the account on the day before your expatriation date . . . . . . . Yes No

d Are you a beneficiary of a nongrantor trust ? See instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Yes No

Check this box to elect under section 877A(f)(4)(B) to be treated as having received the value of your entire interest in the trust (as determined for purposes of section 877A) as of the day before your expatriation date. Attach a copy of your valuation letter ruling issued by the IRS. See instructions.

2 Recognition of gain or loss on the deemed sale of mark-to-market property. Caution: Don’t include in column (a) any property described on line 1a, 1b, 1c, or 1d.

Complete column (g) only if you are deferring tax on gain from any property listed in column (a).

• You must identify as “(h)(2)” any property for which you are making the special basis election under section 877A(h)(2). This election is irrevocable. See the instructions for Part II, Section C, line 2, column (c).

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Form 8854 (2025) Page 4 Section D Deferral of Tax Election to defer tax. You can defer tax only if you enter into a tax deferral agreement with the IRS. See instructions.

1 Are you electing to defer tax under section 877A(b)?

Checking the “Yes” box is an irrevocable waiver of any right under any treaty of the United States that would prevent assessment or collection of any tax imposed because of section 877A . . . . . . . . . . . . Yes No If you checked “Yes” on line 1, continue to lines 2 through 5. Otherwise, continue to Part III.

• If you made an election to defer the payment of tax, complete line 1.

• If you have an item of eligible deferred compensation, complete line 2.

• If you are a beneficiary of a nongrantor trust, complete line 3. 1 Complete columns (a), (b), and (c) for all property on which you deferred tax on a prior-year Form 8854. Complete column (d) for any property you disposed of in 2025 and see the instructions for Part III.

(a) Description of property

(b) Amount of mark-to-market gain or

(loss) reported on prior-year

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(c) Amount of tax deferred on prior-year

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(d) Date of disposition (if any)

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Form 8854 (2025) Page 5 Part III Annual Expatriation Statement for Persons Who Expatriated Before 2025 (continued) 2 Did you receive any distributions of eligible deferred compensation items for 2025? . . . . . . . . Yes No If “Yes,” enter the amount of distribution(s) and amount withheld at source, if any, below.

3 Did you receive any distributions from a nongrantor trust for 2025? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Yes No If “Yes,” enter the amount of distribution(s) and amount withheld at source, if any, below.