Originally Posted by
Pearly White
Unless you're paid in the US, it's hard to see how you could be taxed there. And if you're being taxed in your base jurisdiction (say HKG) you wouldn't be liable to pay tax again on the same earnings in some other jurisdiction.
As Airbubba says, these are both incredibly naive assumptions. The first is completely wrong (I was paid for several years in the UK but taxed in HK, for example). And the second assumes a comprehensive avoidance of double taxation agreement between the jurisdictions concerned (which is far from a given), and your citizenship not being one that taxes on that basis rather than on residence.