You don't have to come back to the US. If it's not worth it to do so, don't. But if it is keep filing your taxes. I could see improving things but your perspec

You don't have to come back to the US. If it's not worth it to do so, don't. But if it is keep filing your taxes. I could see improving things but your perspective still sounds like whinging. Accounting and filing is the cost of doing business. More troublesome is the SS and other tax contributions you're responsible for, but that just means you should charge more. To give you a comparison, this sounds to me like people stating we should wipe out student debt. Doing so is inherently regressive. Already well off people go to college anyway and people with a degree make more over their lifetime. They are not the people who need help the most. Likewise, if you are encountering serious financial strain because of this you need to charge more, but you're still making more than most people do.