> I'd have to be paid about 30% just to offset the cost of paying double taxes (both to the US, and to Germany) This is plain wrong. The US and most (all?) EU

> I'd have to be paid about 30% just to offset the cost of paying double taxes (both to the US, and to Germany) This is plain wrong. The US and most (all?) EU states have agreements for the avoidance of double taxation in place. I live and work in Ireland as a German and US citizen. I pay my taxes here, and have to file in the US, but can deduct all my Irish taxes as "foreign taxation credits" or some such, effectively paying nothing to Uncle Sam. Here's the US-Irish agreement: http://www.revenue.ie/en/practitioner/law/double/usaprot.html http://www.revenue.ie/en/practitioner/law/double/usaprot.htm.... I'm sure you can find one for Germany.