To: JC Double Taxed,

To add to my replies, there may be additional relief available to you in 1) Tax Treaties and 2) "Totalization Agreements"  entered into between the US and foreign nations.

The Totalization Agreements, in particular might apply in your case. if you were potentially subject to pension schemes on BOTH countries, you may NOT have had to contribute to BOTH the US and AS pension systems. thus, they may have further alleviated any tax ineffficiencies in your particular (unusual) situation.

Again, a basic problem that you have not fully explained to me is why there was not a full FTC allowed in your case.

AND, while you may have suffered some inefficiency, you were NOT fully double taxed. AND, many US employers compensate their employees for  and such tax inefficiencies.