Have anyone asked H&R Block to file in US for both US+UK?

I am trying to find a contact in H&R Block to buy a service where they would count and file my return in US while I relocated to UK in 2006. Does anybody know about such service?

I will be obliged.

Please explain why H & R Block?  They do not have the brand in the UK they do in the US.  Most folks would do best with an adviser qualified in the UK and the US, there are threads in this forum on this topic.

I wouldn't go with H&R Block.  I used to work there, back in the 80's.

Their goal is to save you the most money possible in the US.  That's not your goal anymore.  The UK tax rates are usually higher than the US.  Your new goal is to save the most money between the US AND the UK combined.   That requires knowledge of both countries' tax systems and willingness to do something that might cost you some US tax to save you UK tax.

I used h&R Block when I did BUNAC and had my UK income to claim.  Of course, I was not permamently settled in the UK then, or now for that matter.

I, probably, will go with an advisor on both UK and US systems.

However, it is interesting, what Lizzit has meant by saying "...that might cost you some US tax to save you UK tax"? I thought that UK Tax covers fed. US tax; plus, the financial calendars are shifted enough to avoid the risk of time constraint in filing both taxes...

Michael,

I've seen a lot of clients where this happens. Sometimes, a tax break in the UK (like office in the home) has a completely different set of rules than the US.  If H&R Block gives you an office in the home deduction, they're saying it was used exclusively for business.  If you own your UK residence, that's the exact opposite of what you want to say.  Saying it was exclusively business use means that you'll pay UK capital gains on the office part of the sale of the resident.  Most people living in the UK say the home office is not exclusively business, and thus lose the US office in home deduction. 

There are dozens of other examples, the crucial factor is you don't want to save $$ in the US at the expense of ££ in the UK.

i have to say employing someone knowledgable in both countries is KEY.
These folks know their stuff, going cheap isn't the way to do it.

I love your 'picture', Aimiloo!