Yes, I have to fill out a US Tax Return. No, I do not have to pay any US Taxes. I do not make enough money, thank god.
I basically have to fill out this one form that says ‘this is how much I make a year in US Dollars, based on an average of the exchange rate over the last 12 months.’ Then I have to fill out another part of that form that says ‘this is how many days I was in the US on business last year.’ Then I have to fill out a 1040 (not a 1040a, an actual full 1040) with nothing but zeros, sign it, send it to the States and VIOLA, done for another year.
My deadline is the same as everyone else’s, April 15. I will be filling out all of those zeros this week (it takes about 10 minutes) and getting it into the post. Has to be postmarked April 15. Doesn’t have to be there by then.
Apparently if I ever *do* make enough money here to need to pay taxes there, I will need to higher an expert on this sort of thing because apparently it is very complicated. As of right now, I send what I think is the right form to my US accountant, who I, very sweetly, call ‘daddy’, via email and he looks it over and says ‘yup, that’s it’ or ‘nope, try this one’.
I think I will link back to this post every year. That way I never have to answer this question again. Right?