I too am also looking into Emirates . I have applied and I attended the road show in Denver CO. on may 20th. I have been really interested in this tax thing as well. I have a few rental properties as well as my current house that would become a rental if I left for Dubai. I am just trying to figure out if I could shelter my income further by setting up my rentals as a buisness and depriciating them. 87,000 just isn't going to be enough to cover the base pay,bonus , and housing. Especially in a few years when you upgrade and get a raise. It looks like if you stayed there for 7 or more years you could be taxed in a tax bracket like you made 200000 plus. this could really change the appeal of moving to Dubai for Emirates if you take that into account along with the issue of inflation in Dubai somewhere in the 10% range. Anyone have any ideas how to shelter income from taxes back in the US beyond the 87,000? How helpfull is rental property tax write offs? Will this pose a problem with residency? What about claiming less on my w2? How does the IRS know what I make if my employer is from Dubai? Also did you get the job or are you just interested? Where are you from? Airline? I work for SkyWest based in Denver.