Actually, no. The US has tax treaties with roughly 1&#x2F;3rd of the countries in the world (source: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.irs.gov&#x2F;Businesses&#x2F;International-Businesses&#x2F;United-States-Income-Tax-Treaties---A-to-Z" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.irs.gov&#x2F;Businesses&#x2F;International-Businesses&#x2F;Unit...</a>). If you&#x27;re not in one of those countries, too bad.<p>Further, these tax treaties differ from country to country and don&#x27;t always offer the same protections. Here, read the 42 page US&#x2F;France tax treaty (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.irs.gov&#x2F;pub&#x2F;irs-trty&#x2F;france.pdf" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.irs.gov&#x2F;pub&#x2F;irs-trty&#x2F;france.pdf</a>) and try to figure out how you&#x27;d be impacted if you were living in France.<p>We expats don&#x27;t just have to hire accountants to do our taxes, we often have to hire international tax lawyers, EVEN IF WE DON&#x27;T EARN ENOUGH TO PAY US TAXES!<p>Studies have repeatedly shown that the majority of expats are abroad to find a job, to teach, to volunteer, or for love. We&#x27;re taxi drivers, waiters, English teachers, farmers, computer programmers, and so on. We&#x27;re normal people who are being massively screwed by rhetoric in the US.