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• Eric2136

  

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  May 21, 2012 10:27:58 AM CEST

  I have lived here with a verblijfvergunning document since 2006. What I am interested in finding out is how to avoid double taxation.

   

  I have had to pay taxes here and in the US. As a retired military person I know that I have to pay taxes in the US, but it seems a tad strange that I have to pay them here as well and at a higher rate.

   

  In particular I am concerned with having to pay the equivalent of Social Security here and Dutch Social insurance. In three years I will be receiving my US Social Security payments on a monthly basis.

   

   How have you dealt with this? My wife and I are currently in talks with the Belastingdienst.  I am trying to recoup what I have paid since 2006. It appears that my owning a house and living here as a retired US military person is an unusual event for the tax people here.

• jimmyb

  

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  May 26, 2012 10:18:28 PM CEST

  If your retired military, you should contact the military post at Schinnen and maybe talk to their legal office.

   

• Eric2136

  

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  May 30, 2012 5:48:41 PM CEST

  Thanks. We found a legal service that specials in helping people deal with gobal tax issues. We are clearly not alone in having an extreme disdain for double taxation.
  I must be the only U.S. Coast Guard retiree in the Netherlands with an online presence.
  
  
• jimmyb

  

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  May 30, 2012 5:55:16 PM CEST

  Will admit, not too many CG's floating around here. Large AF and Army presence thou. Do you know you can probably shop at the commissary and B.X. at Schinnen, of course there are some strings attached. If you would like more info let me know.
  
• newsforjim

  

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  June 2, 2012 8:56:37 PM CEST

  Can you not claim an exemption for the forst 95,000 dollars or so with the IRS? That would get you out of the U.S. taxes....