u/ZephodsOtherHead

US/Taiwan taxation issue: US taxation of items shown on a Taiwan paystub

I'm a US citizen looking in Taiwan on an ARC. My Taiwanese pay stub shows money has been paid for the following items:

勞保公提

健保公提

Does anyone with knowledge of Taiwan-US taxes know if I must report the corresponding amounts anywhere on US taxes, and where in the tax code/publications/treasury regulations I can verify that? Note that there is no tax treaty, so things don't always work the way they should.

I believe that these items are not taxed by the USA, but please tell me if I'm wrong about that. I'm going to file form 2555, and I am well below the FEIE threshold, so if they're taxable then I suppose that I can report and exclude them.

ChatGPT has reasons that I don't understand why I shouldn't just report everything to be safe and then exclude it on form 2555.

I understand that I must file US taxes even though I am now a resident of Taiwan.

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u/ZephodsOtherHead — 3 hours ago