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Old 22.04.2008, 11:22
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Re: Help With US Marriage Related Tax Issues?

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Yeah, I get the exclusion because I havent been back in the States for more than week a year for the last 4 years. So as long as you arent in the US for more than 30 days a year, they cant tax you unless you make too much money.

Rumor has it that congress wants to get rid of this in the next 5 years (as the US highway system is $900B in debt, Social security is bankrupt, and public infrastructure spending has been negative since 1992) so they can keep spending. I have always been affraid that the "thresh-hold of non-tax payment would be dropped.

If there is a witch hunt, us citizens living outside the US will be the first to get it.

Sorry, I don't always understand this line of reasoning as my understanding is that we get foreign tax credits for income tax paid in another country. Am I incorrect in my thinking?

If you are living in a very low income tax evironment (Dubai, HK) you are screwed or have alot of investment income (capital gains) which isn't taxed yeah.
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