[QUOTE=powerabout;87909]I have no dog in this fight, but I do like to play fair…
Does the foreigners have to pay US tax on the time they are on board in the US?
If not that would be the angle to hit the operator in the press explained as purely profit motivated
OR lobby that US mariners on foreign vessels are tax exempt all over the world.
(Isnt that illegal aid to a foreign company, choosing to not tax them over a US company?)[/QUOTE]
if they are working in US waters 183 days in a calendar year…YES
if they work 182 days…NO
guess how many work more than 182 days?