How To Figure Your Taxes And Social Security In Another Country

One of my recent pet peeves over at Medium is people commenting on move to Spain articles with one or another yeah but.

Yeah but, you’ll get double-taxed because the US taxes on worldwide income.

Yeah but, you’ll still have to pay the US self-employment tax.

Yeah but, to avoid double taxation, you’ll have to give up your US passport, which I wouldn’t recommend.

I especially love that last part.

Believe it or not, uninformed comment section skeptics (thank goodness this type is pretty much non-existent on Substack), I’m not making this move by the seat of my pants with huge unanswered questions. I’ve done my research, then checked and quadruple-checked it.

So—

In today’s installment, using Spain as an example, I show you how to determine your tax situation if you decide to move to another country.