Hi Everyone, I understand this may come off a stupid question, but as a person completely is completely new to the industry, how do taxes work for Mariners? I reside in California and would like to work on a US flagged ship once I graduate from my Maritime Academy. If Mariners do get taxed, are th…

Burke, a merchant mariner, previously had pleaded guilty to six counts each of intentional evasion of Maine income tax, failure to pay Maine income tax and five counts of failure to make and file a Maine income tax return. The charges span 2008 to 2013. [image] Former Plymouth man regist…

The Amtrak law is settled law. As I stated before it was a US Attorney not a private attorney that straightened this out. The employers and state tax officials are the ones that do not understand the law but once educated there is no problem. If you are a mariner and paying state income tax in a st…

Ah yes, Maine. Figures he’d register a snowmobile in Florida. As a friend of mine once said, "Maine is the Mississippi of the northeast. The major difference being the Mainers are afraid of dark people, other than that not much difference. :grinning:

To clarify, ‘Amtrak Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 1990’ does not apply to mariners. It applies only to rail and motor (truck) carriers. The ‘Amtrak’ law for mariners is 46 USC 11108. It never got a fancy name. http://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section1110…

Yep, that’s how you do it. Come home for 30 days, file your damn taxes. The feds don’t want anything, but if you ‘live’ in California (and maybe other states) you have to pay the state tax. And property tax etc. There’s nothing illegal or unethical about it, it’s in the tax law as plain as day. Just…

[image] Overseas based Maritime companies that hire USMM's Just be out of the US for more than 330 days of the tax year. It’s not that easy though because working on US flag vessels in international water counts as being in the US.

The only legal way to avoid taxes is to die, as far as I know. (Unless there is inheritance tax) If you take up legal residence in another country you can avoid taxes in your home country, (unless you are American) but you have to pay taxes in your country of residency. Since the US tax by citizen…

foreign income not taxable in Singapore so for mariners living there if you fly out to work on a vessel you are exempt I know lots of mariners also live in singapore on tourist visa but as they come and go hence fit inside the time limits

Yes, those who work for wages and are US citizens must file and pay taxes if owed. However, if you do not work for wages subject to withholding taxes there are options, such as forming a LLC to avoid taxes. One can form a LLC in the USA and in certain states like Nevada, Wyoming, South Dakota etc th…

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Capt_Phoenix March 11, 2019, 10:02pm 20

It’s not that easy though because working on US flag vessels in international water counts as being in the US.

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