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Re: Bad news for expats
Old 06-10-2006, 10:40 AM   #14
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Originally Posted by free4now
The sad thing is this will only increase tax noncompliance... people working overseas are already* failing to report a lot of income to the US and this will only make it worse.* Another tax on honest folks and bonus for antisocial behavior.
The megacorp I worked for, even though they were foreign, voluntarily sent W2s to the IRS as gestures of cooperation. Many co-workers were contractors. No employer reporting.

I suspect there may have been some round-off errors among that group.
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