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April 26, 2014

US International Social Security Agreements and Self Employed Expatriates

If you do not live and work in a country with a Social security agreement with the US, and are self employed as a sole proprietor (not an employee) you will have to pay US self employment tax which is medicare and social security ( 15.3% of your net profit).

The US has social security treaties with the countries below.  If self employed these treaties set forth rules on which countries social security you can pay into.




Countries with Social Security Agreements
CountryEntry into Force
ItalyNovember 1, 1978
GermanyDecember 1, 1979
SwitzerlandNovember 1, 1980
BelgiumJuly 1, 1984
NorwayJuly 1, 1984
CanadaAugust 1, 1984
United KingdomJanuary 1, 1985
SwedenJanuary 1, 1987
SpainApril 1, 1988
FranceJuly 1, 1988
PortugalAugust 1, 1989
NetherlandsNovember 1, 1990
AustriaNovember 1, 1991
FinlandNovember 1, 1992
IrelandSeptember 1, 1993
LuxembourgNovember 1, 1993
GreeceSeptember 1, 1994
South KoreaApril 1, 2001
ChileDecember 1, 2001
AustraliaOctober 1, 2002
JapanOctober 1, 2005
DenmarkOctober 1, 2008
Czech RepublicJanuary 1, 2009
PolandMarch 1, 2009
Slovak RepublicMay 1, 2014





http://www.ssa.gov/pressoffice/factsheets/colafacts2014.html

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