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Is anyone familiar with the amounts of money that someone couple leave Belize or any other country with and re-enter the US with?

I've tried googling all sorts of things but with little luck.

All I've come up with is that it appears customs doesn't care as long as the amount isn't over 10K but what would the IRS say?

If someone were to make income on foreign soil - does the IRS have any ability to tax their citizens on that money?

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Isn't it 18 mos. out of country, then no taxes due?


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$10,000 per family.

Even if you are carrying cheques in large amounts you are supposed to claim/report them.


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If you are US citizens you are expected to report all income from all sources. Once you are considered non-resident then there is an exemption threshold - I think somewhere in the region of US$70K per year.

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Troy, You can return with any amount of money but you must declare anything over $10,000. US citizens are subject to income tax on money earned outside the US. This is how I understand the law to be.


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Ragman -

If I follow you - you're saying that if i return with less than 10K it then becomes my responsibility to report that income to the IRS since customs wont require me to report it?

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It is ALWAYS your responsibility to report ALL income to the IRS.

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Unless you're really asking the question..."If I don't report it to customs, will IRS find out about it?"

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Troy, If there is a record of a tranaction, be it customs or bank record you should be able to explain the transaction to the IRS if asked. If you can't, good luck.


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Need to question one's intelligence when they ask such a question on a public forum.

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