Comments on: Expats in America struggle with income tax laws, just as residents do https://www.expatify.com/united-states/expats-in-america-struggle-with-income-tax-laws-just-as-residents-do.html Travel & Expat Lifestyle Magazine Thu, 22 Nov 2018 18:07:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.9 By: Carl https://www.expatify.com/united-states/expats-in-america-struggle-with-income-tax-laws-just-as-residents-do.html/comment-page-1#comment-14929 Sun, 01 Jul 2012 06:37:29 +0000 https://www.expatify.com/?p=7669#comment-14929 It is certainly a bureaucratic nightmare. The article fails to point out, however, that you’re only taxed on foreign-earned income over approximately US $91K, which means that most of us do not end up paying any taxes whatsoever. The online tax preparation software is actually fairly easy and accommodating; once you reach a certain age and have a few stocks and such, you will be past the point of using the 1040-EZ anyway. But there is no denying that the system as a whole is confusing and archaic, and just as bewildering to citizens as it is to expats in the US.

]]> By: Guillaume https://www.expatify.com/united-states/expats-in-america-struggle-with-income-tax-laws-just-as-residents-do.html/comment-page-1#comment-13925 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:03:43 +0000 https://www.expatify.com/?p=7669#comment-13925 The motivation is pretty straight forward. Unlike rich europeans, rich americans cannot simply go abroad in order to escape from taxes.

France is considering to implement the same system but it requires to renegociate each tax agreements with other countries. It also requires some power to back up these claims. That France simply doesn’t have…

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