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Re: Show HN: Nomad Visa – Working remotely? Explore your visa options

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Post by xyzzy_plugh »

docdeek wrote: post #8
moonchrome wrote: post #5

Does anyone know a good site where I can compare tax rates for freelancers - using a single person business what's my net take home at what income ? Would people be willing in contributing this info for their country if I made a calculator for this on GH pages ?

Would be happy to contibute to something like that for France, though there are a couple of different ways of setting up a freelancer business that impact that number here.

Right, I think that's the problem. Things get complicated so I'm not sure there's a single answer. Usually the easiest way to do things is to just declare everything as normal individual income. Dealing with corporate taxes is a whole ball game.

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Post by moonchrome »

welder wrote: post #10
moonchrome wrote: post #5

Does anyone know a good site where I can compare tax rates for freelancers - using a single person business what's my net take home at what income ? Would people be willing in contributing this info for their country if I made a calculator for this on GH pages ?

You also need to watch out for "false freelancer" laws in the EU, meant to protect workers who should receive full-time benefits from the company. It makes freelancing a gray area when you have a repeat long-term client.

Yeah that's a useful note, although that's not on EU level, I'm in a EU country and the tax authorities are extremely vague about this.

I know people who worked like this for a single client for >5 years, and the only cases I've heard of it being audited is when workers actually complained about these schemes denying them employee rights (it was never in IT).

And like the other sibling mentioned on international clients it's even more vague.

Re: Show HN: Nomad Visa – Working remotely? Explore your visa options

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Post by nivenkos »

welder wrote: post #10
moonchrome wrote: post #5

Does anyone know a good site where I can compare tax rates for freelancers - using a single person business what's my net take home at what income ? Would people be willing in contributing this info for their country if I made a calculator for this on GH pages ?

You also need to watch out for "false freelancer" laws in the EU, meant to protect workers who should receive full-time benefits from the company. It makes freelancing a gray area when you have a repeat long-term client.

These never apply to international clients AFAIK. At least in the UK that's the case.

Re: Show HN: Nomad Visa – Working remotely? Explore your visa options

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Post by moonchrome »

xyzzy_plugh wrote: post #11
docdeek wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Would be happy to contibute to something like that for France, though there are a couple of different ways of setting up a freelancer business that impact that number here.

Right, I think that's the problem. Things get complicated so I'm not sure there's a single answer. Usually the easiest way to do things is to just declare everything as normal individual income. Dealing with corporate taxes is a whole ball game.

The difference in Croatia can be >20% of gross and it isn't much more work than reporting your individual income, the only gotcha is shutting down the legal entity takes a very long time.

Re: Show HN: Nomad Visa – Working remotely? Explore your visa options

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Post by zerr »

Regarding Freelance visas, some countries (e.g. Germany [1]) require you to have local clients. So not an option for self-employed/indies. Would be nice to have similar info about countries that doesn't require you to work for someone else.

EDIT: 1. https://allaboutberlin.com/guides/how-to-get-a-german-freela....

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Post by KaiserPro »

Is there any hard data about the benefits of a digital nomad type visa to the _host country_?

The obvious answer is that they have a similar impact as long term holidaymakers. But I'd like some sort of evidence, rather than my own uninformed gut feeling

Re: Show HN: Nomad Visa – Working remotely? Explore your visa options

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Post by bellyfullofbac »

svnsch wrote: post #2

Hey HN! Over the past few months I've been coding my first side project (Nuxt Frontend, Django Backend). It's been quite a learning experience tumbling down the rabbit hole of web development, as a data scientist. Nomad Visa is a database of tourist visas and visas suitable for digital nomads, remote workers, founders and expats. More and more countries issue special visas for digital nomads to stay in their country…

Huh, something is blocked on my browser (even using incognito mode with no ad-blocking extensions) that all I see are empty rectangles, the text are all invisible...

Re: Show HN: Nomad Visa – Working remotely? Explore your visa options

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Post by noja »

svnsch wrote: post #2

Hey HN! Over the past few months I've been coding my first side project (Nuxt Frontend, Django Backend). It's been quite a learning experience tumbling down the rabbit hole of web development, as a data scientist. Nomad Visa is a database of tourist visas and visas suitable for digital nomads, remote workers, founders and expats. More and more countries issue special visas for digital nomads to stay in their country…

Why are tourist visas shown for people who want to work in another country?
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