> I overpaid US taxes by $10k prior to finding a single piece of paper existed that excuses Americans in Japanese Social Security from US self-employment tax.
I got hit by that too. It's the same (or similar) in Italy: if you are self-employed, you don't have to pay into the Italian equivalent of social security. If you work for a company directly, you do. Most accountants here do not know this, nor do most US accountants.
I got hit by that too. It's the same (or similar) in Italy: if you are self-employed, you don't have to pay into the Italian equivalent of social security. If you work for a company directly, you do. Most accountants here do not know this, nor do most US accountants.