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> cushy US salary What exactly does this mean. then?
The salary typically paid to a US-based employee. It's a number, not a latitude-longitude coordinate.
What range of numbers qualify as 'cushy US salary'.
This is really absurd to classify range of numbers as 'us salary' , 'indian salary' ect.
> Mottley addressed the concern: “In terms of broadband, we have two major telecommunications companies, and at the same time we are looking to see how we can continue to boost our national television station and move it from being a broadcasting entity to digital services.” Not... the most inspiring, but maybe the internet is good? That would be my biggest worry. It's an absolute must have.
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"Hey, we're doing the same things as Hungary, Myanmar, and Eritrea" is not usually a good argument for anything. Anyway, the Hungary part surprised me since I'm a Hungarian citizen living abroad and have never been bothered about tax. The Wikipedia table says residents of countries with tax treaties are exempt, and that should be pretty much all of them? The PDF link from Wikipedia is broken, which is normal for how…
Since the US has an exemption for foreign income, this seems like making overmuch of a technicality. It reminds me of the histrionics over the US not being officially metric by people from the UK.
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> That’s an entirely different issue. how is it different? OP is claiming an address in USA for payroll as his residence but it isn't actually his residence. How is this not fraud.
Reread their post again, there is no mention of lying about their address to their employer. Based on your other comments, it seems you assume that all employers wouldn’t maintain a salary if someone moves, which isn’t true (yes, it’s common for employers to adjust salaries for that reason, but it’s not an automatic given).
all the examples i know of like gitlab, mozilla ect adjust it to local country comp.
anyone know if such an employer actually exists in US?
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I would love to work remotely from Europe. I would think it would be in the interest of European countries to make this kind of arrangement because I would be spending my cushy US salary on European goods and services and not taking a job away from a European.
Many countries have a minimum salary limit which qualifies you (and potentially your family) to live there. For example, last I looked into it several years ago, Spain's minimum salary for a remote working visa was USD $36,000.
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> I wouldn’t lie to anyone (my employer, the US government, nor the host government) about where I live. How though? You have to claim a local US address for your payroll though. right? What will that address be?
If I was moving for the long term (whatever the legal requirement is for an address change), then I would report my new address. There is no requirement that a US company can only employ US residents to the best of my knowledge.
I understand this, obviously. You seemed to have implied that you would still be paid 'cushy us salary' in ireland, thats what i am talking about. does your current employer still pay you US salary if you live in ireland?
I would love to work for such an employer, i want to move back to my home country and still keep my US salary.
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The salary typically paid to a US-based employee. It's a number, not a latitude-longitude coordinate.
> It's a number What range of numbers qualify as 'cushy US salary'. This is really absurd to classify range of numbers as 'us salary' , 'indian salary' ect.
Do you have any reasonable suspicion as to which person is making more? I think most people do.
AFAIK, U.S. imposes income tax on all of its citizens, even those who reside in other countries. IIRC it applies to all earnings above $110k(?). There's also the notoriously difficult hassle of complying with FATCA's [0] reporting requirements. I would imagine that sours the value proposition quite a bit, at least for U.S. citizens. [0] https://www.irs.gov/businesses/corporations/foreign-account-...
>There's also the notoriously difficult hassle of complying I would've thought that the hassle came when the American switched to a non-American employer or ran a business outside the US. I would've thought that if the American is getting all his or her income from an American employer the hassle could be mostly avoided (even if he or she is residing outside the US) especially if the American is merely continuing to…
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Reread their post again, there is no mention of lying about their address to their employer. Based on your other comments, it seems you assume that all employers wouldn’t maintain a salary if someone moves, which isn’t true (yes, it’s common for employers to adjust salaries for that reason, but it’s not an automatic given).
Really shocked by this. I had no idea there are employers who doesn't adjust your salary from US salary if you move to an entirely different country. all the examples i know of like gitlab, mozilla ect adjust it to local country comp. anyone know if such an employer actually exists in US?
Yes. I’ve personally seen it happen multiple times at different employers, each with unique factors.
There are way to many factors at play here to make broad assumptions that no employer does it...
- first and foremost, Covid changed everything when it comes to remote salary norms
- Duration of move (some employers would be more lenient for 6-12mo vs permanent move)
- level of seniority (which correlates somewhat with how hard it is to replace said employee if employer says no)
- how long as the employee worked for employer (another factor in how much it impacts employer if employee moves anyway and goes to work for another company)
- how bad the employer wants to retain said employee (Multiple previous emplayers, big and small, have made exceptions for specific coworkers)
- it’s important enough to mention again, Covid changed everything.
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Many countries have a minimum salary limit which qualifies you (and potentially your family) to live there. For example, last I looked into it several years ago, Spain's minimum salary for a remote working visa was USD $36,000.
That's really cool. Do you have to pay income taxes in Spain if you do that?
The US is the only country I know of that demands income taxes from its citizens when they are non-resident. Citizens of most countries would expect to pay local income taxes only when they emigrate.