Category
Finances & Banking
Opening bank accounts, transfers, and budgeting.
21 links across 7 places
Australia
1 link- Paperpack (opens in a new tab) awaiting review
Working-holiday tax calculator for Australia, covering ATO rates, treaty comparisons and departing superannuation. Runs in the browser in 8 languages.
China
1 link- YouChina: Alipay and WeChat Pay (opens in a new tab) awaiting review
English setup guides for Alipay and WeChat Pay using foreign cards, and what to do when a shop only takes mainland wallets.
Denmark
1 link- Nordic take-home pay calculator (opens in a new tab) awaiting review
Gross-to-net salary calculators for Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland, including holiday pay and gross-up.
Germany
2 links-
Which German banks will open an account before you have a registered address, and what each one requires.
- German salary calculator (opens in a new tab) awaiting review
Work out how much of a German gross salary survives tax and social contributions.
Switzerland
1 link- VivaMap (opens in a new tab) awaiting review
Free map comparing where to live in Switzerland and the Netherlands on taxes, public transport, schools, noise, air quality, sunshine, nature and healthcare.
United States
3 links- FEIE vs Foreign Tax Credit calculator (opens in a new tab) awaiting review
Compares the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion against the Foreign Tax Credit on current IRS brackets, for US citizens abroad.
- Maintaining Florida domicile as a US expat (opens in a new tab) awaiting review
How US citizens abroad can eliminate state income tax by keeping domicile in a no-tax state.
- Paycheck calculator (opens in a new tab) awaiting review
Take-home pay estimate after federal, state and FICA withholding, for anyone working in the US.
Global and multi-country
12 links- Banking Access Index (opens in a new tab) awaiting review
Open dataset of which US banks accept non-US-resident account holders, with CSV and JSON downloads.
- Cheaper Abroad (opens in a new tab) awaiting review
Dated prices for clinics and shops in Da Nang, Bangkok and Budapest, compared against home-country prices.
- Coast FIRE calculator (opens in a new tab) awaiting review
Works out the age you can stop saving and coast to retirement, for expats juggling multiple currencies.
- Equity Compensation Guide (opens in a new tab) awaiting review
A plain-English guide to stock options and RSUs: vesting, exercise, taxes and what to negotiate.
- Expatistan (opens in a new tab) awaiting review
Cost-of-living comparisons for hundreds of cities, built from expat-submitted data.
- Glassdoor (opens in a new tab) awaiting review
Compare compensation between companies and positions.
- Numbeo (opens in a new tab) awaiting review
Crowdsourced cost-of-living data for cities worldwide, covering rent, food, transport and crime.
- ReloMap (opens in a new tab) awaiting review
Cost-of-living comparisons for 208 cities, with a tax calculator and visa guides.
- Tax Residency Days (opens in a new tab) awaiting review
Free, no-signup calculator that checks one travel ledger against 16 countries' tax-residency day-count tests plus the Schengen 90/180 stay limit.
- Teleport (opens in a new tab) awaiting review
Compare cities on quality of life, prices and job opportunities to find a good place to land.
- Wise (opens in a new tab) awaiting review
Move money between countries at low cost with transparent mid-market exchange rates.
- Xoom (opens in a new tab) awaiting review
Send money, reload phones and pay bills internationally.