General Discussion

The question then becomes whether or not the Americans want to tax that income again.

That is what I’m facing. Much if not most of my income is taxed in the USA before I see a Cent of it, and I paid 100% of the taxes due on my Roth IRA when I converted. That’s how the Roth IRA works. But the Germans don’t care about US law or the treaty. They want to tax everything again. If the IRS takes 39.6% and the Germans take 50%, who am I working for, anyway?