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Re: [cobalt-users] way OT: this for real?
- Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] way OT: this for real?
- From: Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue May 14 17:42:01 2002
- Organization: nobaloney.net
- List-id: Mailing list for users to share thoughts on Cobalt products. <cobalt-users.list.cobalt.com>
Gerald Waugh wrote:
> I think they are talking about the fact, that technically, I for instance am
> not a citizen of the United States, but a citizen of Connecticut. As I am not
> a citizen of the United States, I don't have to pay United States income
> taxes. Strange, but citizens of Porto Rico, American Samoa, naturalized
> citizens and others are United States citizens and have to pay income taxes.
Things may have changed, Gerald, but the last time I visited that
question, a few years ago, a Puerto Rican friend of mine told me he had
to pay income tax only while residing in a U.S. state or the District of
Columbia; that while living in Puerto Rico he didn't have to pay U.S.
income tax.
Jeff
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