No saved tax answers
The storage described does not save tax answers or a completed return.
LEGAL
Cookies and browser storage.
What the ExpatReturn.us public website keeps in your browser and how to manage it yourself. The public pages remember scroll positions; their fonts and images are served from the website itself.
Information reviewed 31 October 2026.
INVENTORY
What is stored or requested.
Everything the public website keeps in your browser or asks another server for, in one place.
| Item | Mechanism | What it involves | How long |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saved scroll positions | Browser session storage | Page and element identifiers with horizontal and vertical scroll coordinates, so the site can return you to where you were reading. Not tax-return answers. | The tab's page session. It can survive a reload and normally ends when the tab closes. |
| Search, filters and menus | Page memory only | Temporary state such as a form-directory search term, selected filters, or whether the mobile navigation is open. | Until you reload or leave the page. Nothing is written to a cookie or persistent browser storage. |
| Fonts and images | Browser cache | The Inter and Fraunces font files and the page images, served from the ExpatReturn.us website itself. No font provider or other outside service is contacted when a page opens. | Under your browser's normal cache rules. You can clear it with your browser's site data controls. |
Session storage is separate from cookies and is scoped to a website and a browser tab. Reloading alone does not clear it, and your browser's session-restore behavior may affect what happens when a tab is restored.
If you block browser storage, the site may not restore a saved scroll position. It handles unavailable storage without asking you to enable it.
SCOPE
What this page does not cover.
This page covers the public website pages. Your account, the interview and payment are not described on this page.
No ad or analytics service
The reviewed active public-page implementation does not configure an advertising-cookie or analytics-tracker service. This is scoped to the reviewed code, not every host or deployment.
Searching creates nothing
Searching for a form or filtering guides does not create a tax account or prepared return, and needs no tax documents or identification numbers.
No preference panel
The website has no tracking-preference manager, so there is no accept-all or reject-all panel.
Managing storage in your browser.
You can use your browser's controls to view or clear site data and adjust cookie permissions, even when a website offers no preference panel. To manage storage for this website:
- 1
Find this site in your browser settings
Open the site-data or privacy settings and look for the site address shown in your address bar.
- 2
Clear or restrict what it stores
Clear the relevant cookies and site data, or adjust which sites may store information.
- 3
Close the tab
Closing the tab ends the current page session.
Browser help pages
Chrome explains how to delete cookies and manage third-party cookies and site settings. Microsoft Edge explains how to view, delete, allow or block cookies. For Firefox, see its help page titled “Clear cookies and site data”, listed in the sources below.
Other websites and email
IRS, FinCEN, browser-help and other external resources are operated separately, and their own cookies, storage and privacy practices apply when you visit them. A contact link opens your email app: you choose what to send, and the message follows your email provider's handling. Keep general enquiries free of tax documents, account numbers, passwords and identification numbers.
Are cookies and session storage the same?
No. They are different storage mechanisms. The navigation cache uses session storage to remember scroll positions for a page session and does not create a tax return or save tax answers.
Why is there no accept-all or reject-all panel?
The website has no tracking-preference manager. A button would only be useful if it controlled the relevant features, so your browser controls are the way to manage cookies and site data.
Does loading a font set a cookie?
No. The fonts are files served from this website, like its images, and loading them sets no cookie. Your browser may keep them in its cache, which is different from a cookie.
Are advertising or analytics cookies listed here?
The reviewed active public-page implementation does not configure an advertising-cookie or analytics-tracker service. The public pages also do not send page errors to an error-reporting service.
Does this page cover your account?
No. This page covers the public website pages. What is stored when you sign in to your account, answer the interview or pay is not described here.
How do I ask a privacy or storage question?
Email contact@expatreturn.us with the page address and a general description. Do not include sensitive tax records or identifiers.