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Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2005 20:13:33 -0600
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Hello,

I've been working in Switzerland for a while, than moved to the US a few years
back. As such, I've been paying to the swiss social security (aka AHV or AVS)
tax back then, and now the US equivalent.

Now, what worries me: I thought that treaties in place between the US and
Switzerland would guarantee that what contributions in either state could be
counted to some extend as the other's counterpart, but it doesn't seem that I
could 'transfer' the time I contributed in the US back to Switzerland when I
move back (which I expect to do).

Worse, I just heard that a 'gap' in contributions to the AHV/AVS of over 3 or 5
years (which is correct?) means forfeiting all the previous years of
contributions, and cannot be 'bought back'. Anyone has some input on this?

Are contributions counted on a calendar year basis (ie, from January to
December, and anything paid during this period counts for the current year), or
'monthly'? In the first case, I might need to act within the next 2.5 days!
Advice?

Where can I find information about the minimum montly/yearly contribution?

How/where do I pay it (ie, what CCP, what info beside the AHV/AVS number to put
on the payment etc)?

Any tax professional, AHV/AVS specialist or similar person I could reach and
get (paid) advice from during the next 2 days?

Thank you very much & happy new year!

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