I believe all "tax free" means is that it is tax free at the source. Once the money is patriated it should be taxable. Although I also know that in some cases tax treaties allow for patriation without income taxation. Canada and Japan used to have this arrangement.
>
> I've read many references to Shaha Riza's (Wolfowitz's girlfriend's) WB
> salary being tax free, both originally and after secondment. But no one
> goes into details and I don't understand how. I have friends with foreign
> citizenship working for the UN, and their salaries aren't tax-free,
although
> some of them don't pay US taxes. Does anyone know what the story is with
> her in particular and/or the WB in general?
>
> Michael
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