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| To your question, it depends what you consider "ordinary working people" and where they live overseas. If they live somewhere with a very high income tax or fairly low wages, then no, the government won't wind up collecting. However, I consider myself a fairly ordinary working person (albiet higher paid than average) and I owe taxes to the US. | |
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Without being too nosy, is that driven more by having a high income, or the relatively low tax rates in Zurich? Eg, would this problem disappear if you lived in a higher-tax canton, or is it likely to hit all higher-earners regardless of canton?
I need to get out my spreadsheets and do my sums to see whether I'll owe or not (BL).