Except that's not what the law actually states. If you make over a certain threshold you have to pay income tax on it to the U.S. even if the income is from wor

Except that's not what the law actually states. If you make over a certain threshold you have to pay income tax on it to the U.S. even if the income is from working in an overseas company, paid in a different currency, and stored in a bank in that country and you don't spend even a single minute of your time in the U.S. for that year. It's not sensible if none of your other coworkers have to worry about this and they're all foreign citizens as well. It's a stupid tax policy that is basically a shakedown.