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Expat Advice: Financial Issues in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

What is the name of the city or town that you are reporting on?

Dhahran

Which banks do you use? If you have a local account, which bank do you use? How do you like it? Do you also have an account in your home country? Which bank? Do they charge for ATM withdrawals? Do they charge a lot for international wire transfers? How has it been working with them from abroad? Do you use a special international wire transfer service? Do you use an online bank? If so, tell us about them.

No, I kept my financial institution I had in the states. I did not have a local bank in the states.

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What advice would you offer others about banking as an expat in your country? What do you wish you had known about banking when you first arrived?

Only keep a small amount of cash in a local bank.

What sort of challenges or frustrations have you encountered as an investor living overseas? Please describe.

None, other then that to cash a localy drawn check, you have to go to the bank that it is written against to cash it.

What advice was particularly helpful to you in managing your finances? What advice would you give? Any other thoughts?

See Larry Burkett, How to Manage Your Money

Do you do your own taxes, use a local firm, an expat-oriented firm or does your employer handle this for you (i.e. via an corporate tax firm)?

Corporate tax firm

What advice could you offer others about doing your taxes as an expat?

Make sure that a tax return preparation by a qualified firm is part of your overseas package.

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