I am employed and paid by the French Government and working in the United States. Where do I pay income taxes?
Article 19 of the French-US income tax treaty provides that compensations paid by a contracting State to an individual, for services rendered in this State, be taxable only in this State, unless the services are rendered in the other State by a person who is a resident of and a national of this other State and not at the same time a national of the first-mentioned State. In addition, article 29-2 provides that the United States may, in some cases, tax their residents as if the treaty did not exist. Article 29-3b specifies that this possibility does not eliminate the benefits granted pursuant to article 19 to people who are not citizens of the United States and do not have in the United States the statute of immigrant. Pursuant to these provisions, a French civil servant who is not a US citizen or does not have a green card, does not pay US federal income tax on the public remuneration he receives from France. The salary received by a US citizen working for the French government and who
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