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I'm not in Egypt currently; I'm just researching the implications of many possible countries.

NO plans of working: my retirement income¹ is more than enough to live on in many countries.

I've found several web pages, some say nothing at all; others assume working in Egypt.  So I’m wondering whether there are exemptions for pensions or SS like some countries have, or whether they tax the parts USA doesn't (USA says part of my SS in nontaxable). Also, under the treaty, do we file US first and have Egypt tax the difference, or vice versa? (Or is that a question for the finance stack?)

¹SS, pensions, interest; all from USA.

WGroleau
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There's a tax treaty between the US and Egypt.

Article 20 talks about Social Security payments and says that any such payment will be taxed by the country where you reside. So if you live in Egypt and receive Social Security payments from the US SSA, you're not going to pay any taxes on that in the US (regardless of the US partially taxing SS income in some cases), but you will pay taxes on it in Egypt per the laws in Egypt.

Social security payments and similar amounts paid by one of the Contracting States to an individual who is a resident of the other Contracting State shall be taxable only in the other Contracting State. This Article shall not apply to payments described in Article 21 (Governmental Functions).

The rest of your income will be taxed by the US regardless of your Egyptian residency due to a savings clause in the treaty (that specifically exempts Article 20 mentioned above).

You will want to file in Egypt first, in order to claim any tax credit in the US on taxes paid in Egypt.

littleadv
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