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There's a thing called being a tax resident.

For example, at the country level, I'm currently working remotely from Spain. If I stay here longer than around 6 months, I'm considered a tax resident and then I should pay taxes.

If you're planning to start working remotely from another country, you should know that the USA requires US Citizens to pay taxes anywhere they live. You should also know that some states require you to pay taxes wherever you live. For example, California has the highest state income tax in the USA, and it (tries) to tax CA residents even when they are not in the state. If you leave your nice Palo Alto apartment to work remotely for Facebook from Da Nang in Vietnam, you'll be paying USA taxes, and possibly California taxes.

If you don't know what terms like bona fide resident & physical presence test are, it is (in my opinion) very much worth talking to a talk professional to understand what your tax liabilities are if you intend to change your physical location to work remotely.

If you wanna go down the rabbit hole, start by looking up the foreign earned income exclusion.




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