Except that&#x27;s not what the law actually states. If you make over a certain threshold you have to pay income tax on it to the U.S. even if the income is from working in an overseas company, paid in a different currency, and stored in a bank in that country and you don&#x27;t spend even a single minute of your time in the U.S. for that year.<p>It&#x27;s not sensible if none of your other coworkers have to worry about this and they&#x27;re all foreign citizens as well. It&#x27;s a stupid tax policy that is basically a shakedown.