Are there taxes other than Belize income taxes I have to be aware of?

If you are a US citizen, you are taxed on your worldwide income, so yes, as long as you are a citizen of the United States, you have to be worried about US taxes anywhere and everywhere you make money.  The US is one of a handful of countries that tax you on worldwide income. (Please also see my answer under “How does the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion work if I live in Belize” for how some taxpayers can exclude some income from US taxable income.)

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If you are a US citizen, you are taxed on your worldwide income, so yes, as long as you are a citizen of the United States, you have to be worried about US taxes anywhere and everywhere you make money.  The US is one of a handful of countries that tax you on worldwide income. (Please also see my answer under “How does the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion work if I live in Belize” for how some taxpayers can exclude some income from US taxable income.)

 

Whether or not you pay Canadian and other countries’ taxes are dependent on where you actually reside. Unlike the US, other countries allow you to declare your residency, and if you stay out of your home country for a period of time as defined by your home country, then your residency status would be changed such that you would not owe taxes to your home country based on your worldwide income.

If you have a business you don’t pay Social Security on your income but if you have a job, then you pay Social Security just like you do in the States.

 

Sales tax is 12.5% but we don’t have a Value Added Tax here and there are no other taxes that I know of. This is another reason for you to take your one free visit to a tax lawyer who will go through all these for you and give you an idea what is going to affect you when you move to...

If you have a business you don’t pay Social Security on your income but if you have a job, then you pay Social Security just like you do in the States.

 

Sales tax is 12.5% but we don’t have a Value Added Tax here and there are no other taxes that I know of. This is another reason for you to take your one free visit to a tax lawyer who will go through all these for you and give you an idea what is going to affect you when you move to Belize.  

 

(Poster for  the International Costa Maya Festival, Ambergris Caye, Belize, pictured.)