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You're required to file taxes in both countries, but the taxes are not additive. Basically, you have to pay the regular taxes in your country of residency, and
by microtherion 6y ago
You're required to file taxes in both countries, but the taxes are not additive. Basically, you have to pay the regular taxes in your country of residency, and then pay the US any difference to what you'd have paid in the US.
- 627467 6y ago...if a tax treaty between both countries exists.
- jkaplowitz 6y agoOr if the foreign tax credit or foreign earned income exclusion aspects of US tax law serve the same purpose as the treaty would. And the treaties often have gaps or gotchas, though they help a lot. (I'm an American in Canada, so I've had to become familiar with all of the above as applied to my case.)