[dropdedfwed]

Originally Posted by Emuse

(Haven’t been able to find this mythical "other" thread either)

it aint "mythical" dude, just because you can't find it

the only really useful info on that thread IMHO was posted by Erospoetae. Erospoetae posted a link to a PDF, which you may have already read, but i will paste it again.

http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p54.pdf

Hope this helps.

[PDLM]

Originally Posted by Emuse

An American citizen... it has many advantages

Could you name,er, even one advantage of being an American citizen compared to, for example, Norwegian or Kiwi or Irish or ...

[Emuse]

We're unaware of whats going on in the world.

[whatsoeva]

Emuse, welcome to HK! You definitely have to pay HK tax. For the US side, your first USD$80000 (annual salary) should be tax exempt. I had a CPA in the US filed my taxes for my first few years here. It's a lot easier.