Comments | obsidianinchain: Death and Taxes

obsidianinchain

Death and Taxes

Jun 28, 2010 18:09

I am obviously not dead yet.

Tonight's thrilling activity? Filing my US Income Tax Return!

*chirp chirp*

Yeah, that's what I thought too. It's already a week late too.

Comments 2

hprynne June 29 2010, 00:08:00 UTC

Why do you still have to do US tax returns?

obsidianinchain June 29 2010, 05:40:05 UTC

Legal requirement for all US citizens living abroad; that you have to disclose your foreign earnings. You don't have to pay any US Income Tax unless you are earning more then approx $94,000 a year. If you are, they WILL have some off of you. In my eyes, I think they see any US citizen who is earning that much in a foreign territory, is costing them money in lost revenue, and they're going to get in on some of the action ( ... )