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I am a considered a US Citizen but I wasn’t born in the US; nor have I lived, worked or visited the US, does that still means I have a tax obligation?

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Published on: 20-05-2016 Last modified on: 19-01-2026

Yes. You still have a US tax obligation, simply based upon the fact that you have US citizenship status. Where you are born, and where you live or work is not relevant to your obligation. Whether you have to pay tax in the US is dependent on your own personal situation.

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