MyExpatTaxes
👤 Nathalie Goldstein (American in Vienna burned by a CPA on her own return — became an IRS Enrolled Agent, built it with 3 engineer co-workers.)🌐 siteLinkedIn
Guided software that files the US tax return Americans abroad legally owe — 2555, FBAR, 8938 — for one flat fee.
Will it work? · our read
Law-made demand. US citizenship-based tax + FATCA force about 9M expats to file every year — recurring, non-optional demand. The cap: a small market that a residence-tax law could erase overnight.
01How the money moves
Expat fills a guided
interview (income, accounts)
interview (income, accounts)
→
Software fills 2555,
FBAR, 8938 & e-files
FBAR, 8938 & e-files
→
Flat fee per tax year
(about $115-175)
(about $115-175)
02The numbers
$2.5MEstimaterevenue · 2021
2022
the sentence on the page
and she launched MyExpatTaxes in 2018 to make the process easier. The bootstrapped startup generated $2.5 million in revenue in 2021. Goldstein graduated from Santa Clara in California before moving…
Bootstrapped, $0 VC. About 37 staff by 2025. In Oct 2025 Synacti took a majority stake — the 7-year independent run ended. getlatka.com
Revenue $2.5M (2021, press-reported via Goldstein's Forbes 30 Under 30) → Latka estimates about $4.1M ARR by 2025. Bootstrapped, $0 VC raised. Not a published filing, so tagged unverified.
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· Founder & story — myexpattaxes.com/team, founder interview· Revenue ($2.5M, 2021) & 30 Under 30 — Forbes· Revenue est. ($4.1M ARR 2025, $0 raised) — Latka· Pricing (flat fee) — myexpattaxes.com/pricing
$2.5M (2021) is press-reported, tied to Goldstein's Forbes 30 Under 30 — first-party-adjacent but not a filing, so tagged unverified. $4.1M 2025 ARR & $0 raised are Latka estimates. Founding story, Enrolled-Agent credential & flat-fee pricing are the company's own. CENTS, moat & the residence-tax risk are our read. Note: Synacti took a majority stake Oct 2025. We never score you.