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

submitted 9 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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[–] Aol_awaymessage@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago (30 children)

I’m a digital nomad making $240k for a US company.

They key is I just don’t tell them and I have to be willing to get caught and get fired. (I have a dedicated VPN at my moms house in the US and a travel router, plus a burner phone spoofing my location with an Authenticator app just in case- but I’ve only ever needed texts for 2FA)

[–] asdfopu@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago (6 children)

How do you deal with the tax fraud though. Willing to get fired is one thing, the tax fraud is the real kicker

[–] Aol_awaymessage@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I pay my US and after taxes after claiming the foreign earned income exclusion. I have a digital nomad visa that specifically excludes income. No tax fraud

[–] footnotefour@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It sounds like your tax home is in the U.S., which would mean you don’t qualify to claim FEIE.

[–] Aol_awaymessage@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago

I’m outside of the USA for 365 days. I qualify. Physical presence test.

I still pay taxes because I make over the limit.

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