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Do offshore workers pay US income tax? - Curious


Posted: Nov 20, 2012

How does that work....taking US opportunity and making profit from it, do they share in the TAXX burden?

That is a very good question I would like to know. - hairpulling

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I like research so much I will have to see if I can find an answer to this. If I find it I'll post it.

No, they do not. - anon

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Why would they? You don't pay taxes based on where the company you work for is based. You pay taxes based on where you live and work.

Why should they share a tax burden on a country they don't even live in?

It makes me angry that our jobs have been destroyed by these companies sending our jobs overseas but let's at least keep the argument real and focused on the real enemy, Nuance, et. al.

Foreign taxes - Nancy

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The US is the only country whose tax laws require citizens to pay US taxes regardless of where they live. That said, the US also have reciprocal agreements with some countries (like Canada) to allow the citizens to pay tax there instead.

India workers living in India do pay taxes to India - but not the US

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Regardless of the fact Nuance is originally a US company. Nuance has a headquarters in India and Nuance pays less tax to India so guess again if you think Nuance isn't trying hard to move most of the work over there.

http://www.ntsindia.in/contact.asp
India should pay very heavy taxes to the U.S. for - devouring so many of its jobs.
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I also wonder when all those workers who think they've got it so good working for American MTSOs, are going to realize that they, too, are being screwed, just like we are.
US Taxes - Nancy
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Actually, that is what I said. Only US citizens (not Indian citizens) pay US taxes. What I also said is that even US citizens who live in foreign countries must pay US tax (with a few exceptions where reciprocal agreements are in place) and the US is the only country that requires this.

Nope. The more work that goes to them, the less tax - $ there is to support our crumbling infrastructure

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The offshore workers don't pay U.S. taxes, and the companies that do the offshoring get tax breaks for doing so. And who pays for all that? We do.

If an agreement isn't reached soon enough to prevent us all from going "over the fiscal cliff", so to speak, and we end up paying higher more taxes so that the rich can keep their perks and their loopholes, I for one am all for not paying mine at all this year. At least, not what I owe after whatever is taking out of my paycheck. And I think the rest of middle-class America should very seriously consider a nationwide TAX STRIKE.


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