[C. Edmund Wright]

What are the tax implications, if any, of cashing your SS checks and living in another country?

Depends on the country, but generally you'll pay US tax only on SS checks or anything else you earn in the US - dividends, pensions, etc. Many countries have programs for retirees, pensionados as they call them, where you get great added incentives because they want those folks to move there. And if you earn money over seas, it's usually not subject to IRS taxation - especially if you run a bar or bed and breakfast or snorkeling tour or whatever....all local revenues...

[Lizavetta]

Thanks. But if I am still earning even while on SS the IRS a-holes can still tax me even after I am living in another country, right? Specifically, what if I am a subcontractor to an American country but living elsewhere? Thanks -