form a company (not necessarily in Romania), pay yourself the $55k from there and allow the remaining value to accrue in the company. Of course there's a paperwork hit with that as well, but mostly outside Romania.
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#22form a company (not necessarily in Romania), pay yourself the $55k from there and allow the remaining value to accrue in the company. Of course there's a paperwork hit with that as well, but mostly outside Romania.
Won't he have to file annual tax for that company too?
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#23Idea: if you really don't want more than $55K, maybe you can make a 100% tax deductible donation to get down to 55K?
Hopefully the extra paperwork from that is minimal: just declare the donation somewhere, subtract from taxable income and attach receipt.
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#24So they simply do not understand that you are working remotely from Romania? Are you sure this is a problem? Because part of the whole job search thing is identifying people who you don't want to work with.
I live in the central US - which has, believe it or not, a similar problem. I do this partly because I'm a craftsman and I don't want to be part of the syndrome where making $110k yields the quality of life (by my lights) that $40k does here. I want people who pay more because I can infer that they'll be depending on me. I have done projects which addressed and "fixed" up to 100x the cost of development. I want those projects. Ive tried places where they want seat warmers. I can't compete on that basis.
I have access to a small choir to sing my praises. Perhaps you can do the same?
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#25Why do you not simply use some of the extra income to hire someone to do the paperwork for you? Or hire someone to find someone to do the paperwork for you?
Edit: For example if you paid me $1,000 USD I would find someone in Romania to take care of the paperwork side of affairs for you, within the extra income you make, and with very little input from you aside from finished product.
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#26Ask to be paid in bitcoin.
Re: Ask HN: I don't need a big salary, how to avoid being deemed as lower quality?
#27Why do you not simply use some of the extra income to hire someone to do the paperwork for you? Or hire someone to find someone to do the paperwork for you? Edit: For example if you paid me $1,000 USD I would find someone in Romania to take care of the paperwork side of affairs for you, within the extra income you make, and with very little input from you aside from finished product.
But would I trust you with my financial paperwork if you missed that I already answered this question?
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#28Just take the bigger salary. You'll be able to pay someone to do the paperwork for you
Re: Ask HN: I don't need a big salary, how to avoid being deemed as lower quality?
#29Earlier quoted context omitted.
I've also noticed a disturbing trend with pseudo on-call availability, even on the weekends, labelled as "flexible working hours". Then there's always the "unlimited time off, we trust you".
Yes, the company I'm at now has the 'unlimited time off' policy. Which has been shown to reduce the amount of time off people actually take, and means they don't have to pay out vacation when you leave. And that's on top of the perception that they're being kind to their employees. A triple win for the company. But that's exactly why I want my 80% time to be officially recognized. I don't want to feel guilty or worry…
What happens if you test that unlimited policy and take say every Friday off?
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#30Idea: if you really don't want more than $55K, maybe you can make a 100% tax deductible donation to get down to 55K? Hopefully the extra paperwork from that is minimal: just declare the donation somewhere, subtract from taxable income and attach receipt.
Is that how it works in Romania?