Cross-Country Pension Contributions - Do They Apply Here?

[sleslie23]

OK but this is not really what I was asking. What this URL says is that if you work abroad, you are only taxed in the US if your income exceeds a certain amount ($90K). What I was asking if if there is a way to legally claim/divert/attribute social/pensions contributions paid in Argentina to the benefits in the US, via some inter-country agreement

One way this could work is if, by being American, I don't have to pay social contributions / pensions here in Argentina, as long as I pay them in the US.

Again sounds like a really long shot, but thought of asking ...

Think about what you are asking! The only diversion of retirement funds in Argentine is diverting them to Kristina's Louis Vuitton credit account. If you have been here long enough, you have already had one retirement account confiscated by the KKKs. They certainly aren't going to transfer hard stolen cash to another country's coffers.

 

[Ries]

The sensible thing to do is pay BOTH.
Consider the Argentine pension payments a tax, that is nonrefundable, and just voluntarily pay your US SS contribution- because it is more likely to be worth something to you in the future, and its a pretty small amount in the greater scheme of things.

Contrary to the doom and gloom crowd, US social security is extremely unlikely to go bankrupt- merely raising the contribution limit would make it solvent for something like fifty years. It is an easy fix, and only one of many easy fixes.