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11. Make sure you don't live in Germany

Reply to enid602 (Reply #7)

Wed Mar 11, 2026, 10:34 PM

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When Cheneybush drove the economy down below sea level (Dow at about 7800, e.g.), I converted my IRA to a Roth IRA. I was still legally a US resident at the time. I paid 100% of the taxes due then, and was supposedly done. But the Germans are saying that since a Roth IRA is not in the double taxation treaty, they are going tax any distributions I take out of it again (at 47% I presume). Heil Honecker!

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