For questions about the various taxes you have to pay in both your home and host country
Questions about the various taxes you have to pay in the country you moved, and also about the taxes you still have to pay and file in your home country.
Questions tagged [taxes]
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Born in the US with American passport but without social security, and never been in USA, do I have to pay taxes?
Got the American nationality also obtained the passport as I was born there only but I have never visited USA, and I do not have social security number.
My question is: With the new law (FATCA), do I have to pay taxes or not?
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Returning To The US - Tax Considerations?
US citizens living abroad need to file income tax
(American citizens living abroad still have to pay tax to US - legal ways to avoid?) but there is a Foreign Earned Income Exclusion (http://taxes.about.com/od/taxhelp/a/ForeignIncome.htm) that covers…
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How to handle moving between countries with different tax year dates?
As I understand it, quite a few countries have double-taxation agreements between themselves, which dictate how you handle income and taxation in one country if resident in another. A fair number of these (but by no means all!) have clauses in them…
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Information on tax treaties
Countries have tax treaties with each other which allows citizens of A working in B to have favourable tax treatment (no tax/reduced tax/taxed like a citizen of B). I've found good documentation for tax treaties the US has with other countries, but…
user562
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Where can I become a tax resident without being a resident there?
I am a digital nomad and it is not possible for me to become a tax resident in the countries that I travel in, nor in my home country. However, not being a tax resident anywhere creates all kinds of difficult situations so I actually would like to…
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Sending myself things from the US to Europe: how do import taxes work?
I'm relocating to Europe soon and have some things I want sent from the US (one big box of stuff).
I called a relocation company, who said that since my primary residence is not changing, I have to pay import taxes and VAT on those goods (I believe…
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State taxes while living outside the US
I am a US citizen (and also a British citizen, incidentally), but I live permanently in Japan. I work (sitting in front of a computer in Japan) for a company that’s based in New York. They pay me in US dollars deposited into a US bank account. I…
bubba
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US taxes on French/US retiree Paris savings account will be for whole balance or yearly income?
Am dual citizen French-US living in US since 1961, now retired, with a small savings in Paris credit union. Savings is from French parents’ inheritance, not from earned income. Paris Credit Union is requesting filled US W-9 form to give me my…
M. Tchiboukdjian
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Do you get tax on you savings in the Netherlands if you are on the 30% tax ruling?
I have savings that I want to put into a deposit to buy a house in the Netherlands. I heard that saving above 21K is taxable at 1.2%. Is this true or is it exempted if you have the 30% tax ruling?
Vickey
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How to find tax accountant to advise on double taxation for US citizen working in UK for US company
I am looking for a tax accountant in either the US or UK who would be willing to consult with me about the following situation:
A US citizen will be moving to the UK on a Tier 2 (spousal) visa for one year (that does not overlap with the tax year…
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Shipping my stuff to Europe- import taxes?
I'm relocating to France soon from the U.S. I have a lot of used but pretty expensive things (laptop, cameras) I want to ship over to my address in France. Do I have to pay import taxes? How does that work? I've shipped tons of stuff back to the…
bevanb
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US tax liability of F1 student working abroad as a contractor for US company
I am an F1 student working for a US company from abroad (Ukraine) during summer. I am wondering then what sort of taxes should I pay given this? I know there are some tax treaties preventing from double taxation and I guess I am generally trying to…
Svitlana Midianko
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SSN for a H4 child for tax credit for year 2018
I am on H1B and have one child on H4 who is born outside USA.
To avail the child tax credit worth $2000 for the tax year 2018, is my child eligible to apply for SSN? I do see an option on the SSN form for not-authorized-to-work, however not sure if…
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Is there double taxation for USA/Aus dual citizenship if I am resident USA 20 years and only one week income in Sydney for a project there?
I am now a dual citizen of USA/AUS. Born Australia. Work, live, married, run my own small USA business, pay USA taxes, resident in USA 20 years. In the 20 years I've had no income from work in Australia, no Australian tax return. A client just asked…
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Can U.S. citizens without a social security number be taxed?
I was born in the U.S, where I lived for the first year of my life only. Have never lived there since. I am a citizen of Canada, where I lived for the first half of my life and now of Israel, where I have lived for the last 24 years. I don't have a…
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