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[red_devil]

I heard from a guy that while it's true that we don't have to pay US taxes on anything under $80K, if we end up double taxed since we have to pay US taxes. Other country foreigners do not have to or their limits are much much higher like $200,000+

[caniff]

Skewed against Americans?

Maybe I'm not reading your post correctly.

[reactionary]

I think he means it's skewed against us americans earning over 80,000 USD a year.

[runthegauntlet]

That made absolutely no sense, OP.

Try again.

[Konglishman]

[mc_jc]

I think he meant screwed.
But there are very few Americans (even fewer American ESL teachers) who earn over the taxable limit.

Luckily Obama is not Kerry. I read in the Financial Times before the elections in '04 that Kerry wanted to tax all Americans living overseas, regardless of their income.

I have to pay income tax anyway because I get W2s for my work onbase.

[Konglishman]

[Hyeon Een]

If you earn more than 91k a year I suggest you get a non-residency deal (talk to your accountant, I'll assume you have one if you're making this kind of money). In this case you'll be A-OK.

If you're worried about being 'discriminated against' it's the US government, that's desparate for your tax dollars, not the Korean one. The Korean government doesn't care whether you're from the US, Canada, the UK, Belgium, France or South Africa.

The US government is the most discriminatory in the world... against its own citizens

[big_fella1]

[mc_jc]