[bot403]

One underappreciated aspect is, if you are a U.S. citizen you are required to pay taxes on your worldwide income. So, in the EU, I file two tax returns. One to the country I live in, and one to the US.

In practice there's a tax treaty that let's the u.s. recognize the taxes I pay where I live and don't have to pay the u.s., but I still have to file. It gets so complex I pay someone who specializes in u.s. and "e.u" tax situations.

[GaryNumanVevo]

It's really not that complicated, just FEIE and FBAR. No one I know takes the tax credits unless they have a rental property in the states and want to offset some future taxes from a sale or other income stateside