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Are high paying international remote jobs possible? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by Agreeable-Emu-7388@alien.top to c/digitalnomad@expats.zone

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I noticed a lot of digital nomads have to take a pay cut or have money saved up. Is it even possible to be a US citizen and have a remote job with good pay? I say this because if I want to live in a foreign country for say 3-6 months and then return back the US I don't want to be making only 30k a year.

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[–] E-POLICE@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

How is it tax fraud? If you’re paying US federal/state taxes as if you’re in the US, I don’t think the IRS is going to come after you. In the country for which you’re staying in, sure they may not really like that you’re working on a tourist visa but for them to find out and pursue you for it I think is unlikely.

[–] asdfopu@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

One part is definitely the host country. Some countries are stricter about it than others.

The other part is state laws usually. E.g your employer is in California where you used to live but you put your family address in Washington because you don’t have a physical address in CA anymore. CA can come after you for lying about your address to try to avoid taxation. Your visitor visas aren’t proof that you don’t live in California. You’ve just committed tax fraud.

[–] PF_throwaway26@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

The state thing is not a big deal if you move to another state and wrap up your relationship with the high tax state first. If you go abroad directly, then like you said it might be more difficult for you to prove that you moved to the low tax state.

I’m doing something similar and I have family in a zero income tax state which I lived in briefly before going abroad.