You leaked Javi's location 👀

Maybe it's a stupid question, but why?
As EU resident, we can legally live in every EU country, right?

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@icesofty I’m guessing taxes

You need to live somewhere, and I didn't live in Netherlands so couldn't receive income from my company because if you receive personal income you need to pay tax on that somewhere. Now that I live in Portugal I can, and pay tax on it.

I'll pay 28% dividend tax + 17% corporate tax so effectively 40%. Which is pretty close to what I'd pay in Netherlands anyway.

But I'm not allowed to be a resident in Netherlands if I'm not there. And I haven't been there for years. In Portugal I actually am.

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But NHR + Tax Treaty = 0% Dividend Tax right? I hope so 😅

Tax residency is such a pain for nomads, have to spend 6 months in Thailand for the tax certificate.

Yes but I won't use NHR because I want to pay tax.

Many countries like Netherlands REQUIRE you to pay tax somewhere, because if you pay 0%, they can retroactively back tax you at home again. They don't like 0% rates.

So there is more benefit to actually pay tax than not. And I'm happy to pay tax and contribute to the country.

I'm not a libertarian and I believe in tax. In my ideal scenario I'd pay tax to the United Nations and they'd spread it fairly over the countries I spend my time.

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" In my ideal scenario I'd pay tax to the United Nations and they'd spread it fairly over the countries I spend my time."

That's... a pretty damn good idea actually!

@levelsio Being taxed retroactively in the future is a great advantage. Sounds like a form of tax deferral to me. As long as there are no fines and tax rates do not increase dramatically that is.

I believe the EU will introduce citizenship based taxation in the near future. Like the US federal tax. If we have that and social security contributions also become EU wide, it will simplify a lot of things.

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Well done, sir.

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