Amy <amybmcvey[at]msn.com> wrote:

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If she's a US citizen then she has to pay US income taxes.
If she's a US resident she has to pay US income taxes. If
she's a diplomat there are special rules.

The foreign government isn't subject to US rules on employer
withholding, which just means she has to make the payments.

Seth

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Is the following a true statement? She works in the US for
a foreign Embassy.

I started working in February 2004 as an Executive Assistant
to an Ambassador here in the district and am still doing so
until now. My salary being tax-free, I was told by many
people I know working in embassies that I didn't have to
file my taxes here at the IRS.

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