Are there payroll taxes on income earned overseas? (employment, IRS)

[tankhead]

Are there payroll taxes on income earned overseas?

[Thepreacherswife]

Are you asking if you'll owe social security taxes on foreign earned income, like you would if it was income from self-employment? Depends on who you work for:
Social Security Tax Consequences of Working Abroad

[tankhead]

I'm asking if I would owe payroll taxes (social security. medicare, medicaid) if I worked for a non-American employer while I'm overseas in another country.

[Petunia 100]

Originally Posted by tankhead

I'm asking if I would owe payroll taxes (social security. medicare, medicaid) if I worked for a non-American employer while I'm overseas in another country.

Generally, no you would not. There are exceptions. See page 10 of IRS Publication 54.

http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p54.pdf