Originally Posted by
Pootie Tang
ok, so let me muddy the waters a bit. I have dual citizenship - US and EU. You mean to tell me if my check goes to a swiss bank account ( or fill in the blank ), the US still gets taxes after the first 84k?
I have the same status. The answer to your question is yes (with a caveat of $91,500 threshold for 2010). You don't have to like it for it to be true.
PLEASE, PLEASE read the actual IRS pubs, and see what the IRS is looking for in their audits:
IRS Audits of Foreign Income