It is not an EU country, but I contracted and lived in Qatar for a year. It was nice - a bit hot sometimes though.
But is was actually a relief to not have to worry about filing tax forms and so on.
Do you have any specific questions?
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Originally posted by Methuselah View PostWell, that was kind of my point in asking the question (which nobody has attempted to answer).
Right now I have to live in the UK, but I get my contracts in several countries in Europe. In a year or so I might be ready to live somewhere else (it hardly matters where, in Europe), and I reckon that if I lived in Estonia I'd take home an extra £1400 a month. But I'd like to hear from anybody who has tried it.
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Originally posted by TazMaN View PostAll tax was created "temporary" and was only meant to be levied against the wealthy. Of course this is no longer true - the middle classes are hit the worst and the wealthy pay very little. Would be nice to live in a place like Dubai, where there is very little tax (and no crime to boot).
Right now I have to live in the UK, but I get my contracts in several countries in Europe. In a year or so I might be ready to live somewhere else (it hardly matters where, in Europe), and I reckon that if I lived in Estonia I'd take home an extra £1400 a month. But I'd like to hear from anybody who has tried it.
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Originally posted by lilelvis2000 View Posthmm yes. Back in Canada the income tax was not created until during the first world war as a "temporary tax". It has hung around since.
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hmm yes. Back in Canada the income tax was not created until during the first world war as a "temporary tax". It has hung around since.
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Greece
In times of war the Athenians imposed a tax referred to as eisphora. No one was exempt from the tax which was used to pay for special wartime expenditures. The Greeks are one of the few societies that were able to rescind the tax once the emergency was over. When additional resources were gained by the war effort the resources were used to refund the tax.
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Originally posted by Francko View PostLatvia, Estonia, Lithuania have a flat income tax.
Here is a full list: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:F...income_tax.png.
You might prefer to live in one of these:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Income_...nal_income_tax
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Originally posted by Methuselah View PostDoes anyone have any experience of being resident in one of the EU countries that has a flat income tax?
Here is a full list: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:F...income_tax.png.
You might prefer to live in one of these:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Income_...nal_income_tax
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The bastards have an income tax on flats? Don't let the New Lie hear that one...
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Flat tax
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