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Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 21:33:24 +0100
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Antoine,
Actually, with a green card, it's more like "you pay taxes for life"...
As long as you hold a green card, you pay taxes in the US, wherever you
are. If you don't make much money, it's no big deal, because there is a
~$80K of income below which you don't actually have to pay in the US. But
you still have to file a tax return, which I consider a major pain in the
you-know-what.
More recently, I have read in passing that people keep paying even after
they surrender their green card for a certain number of years. Don't
remember all the details, but apparently it's to avoid people doing fiscal
evasion...
I don't know about H1B's
Oh, and if you are Swiss, incorporated in the service and didn't pay your
military taxes while abroad (3 years worth), fret not, they are patiently
awaiting your return (actually, this may vary from canton to canton, some
perceive them up front when you leave, I believe).
Cheers,
Laurent
At 16:39 16/01/03, Daridon_at_aol.com wrote:
>Good morning,
>
>as the tax topic got started, I have a question regarding the tax situation
>when one returns to Europe or CH. I have been told that you keep on paying
>taxes to the US a year after the year you leave. If you leave now, jan
>2003 you
>pay taxes in 2003 and 2004! And this with an H1B visa or a green card.
>
>Do you know anything about that, what is the experience of poeple who recently
>moved back?
>
>Thank you ahead,
>
>Antoine.
-- Laurent Piguet piguet_at_yahoo.com Mobile: +41-79-310-3249 ================================================================= To unsubscribe from the swiss-list mailing list send the message body of "unsubscribe swiss-list" to majordomo_at_swiss-list.com or visit http://www.swiss-list.com/mailing/Received on Thu Jan 16 2003 - 21:05:21 PST
