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Re: Become Estonia’s e-resident

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Post by jacquesm »

smcl wrote: post #108
jacquesm wrote: post #97

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> It might sound cheesy but I have a lot of hope for Europe and most of it comes from the East. I very much agree with you. The East of Europe has very recent memory of how not to run countries, the West is already forgetting those lessons and repeating past mistakes. For now the West is still ahead economically, but I suspect that this will not last indefinitely. You can pretty much draw a line through 'Helmstedt' (…

I'm curious if you deliberately included Austria east of your pivot point or if this is by accident. I hear all sorts of conflicting stuff about the place - high standard\quality of living but not-so exciting career\growth prospects, high prices but generous social\welfare programs - so I've no idea what to think of Austria long-term. I've been to Vienna a few times as I live a couple of hours away, and it's lovely b…

Austria is very much a mixed bag. Quality of life in the cities and economy are fine, the country has a terrible image when it comes to dealing with other social issues (immigrants, right wing political parties and so on).

Re: Become Estonia’s e-resident

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Post by psionski »

jacquesm wrote: post #97
sudowhodoido wrote: post #46

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I see a lot of that across Europe. I've been dying to do a road trip out that way (from the UK) but it's difficult with three children. Everyone I've met and spoken to out there has been through some serious shit right up until the late 1990s from wars to genocides. They really are forward thinking because looking back hurts badly. It might sound cheesy but I have a lot of hope for Europe and most of it comes from th…

> It might sound cheesy but I have a lot of hope for Europe and most of it comes from the East. I very much agree with you. The East of Europe has very recent memory of how not to run countries, the West is already forgetting those lessons and repeating past mistakes. For now the West is still ahead economically, but I suspect that this will not last indefinitely. You can pretty much draw a line through 'Helmstedt' (…

“We learn from history that we do not learn from history” ― Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

Re: Become Estonia’s e-resident

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Post by daveloyall »

pjc50 wrote: post #101
daveloyall wrote: post #24

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* Will and testament * Voting * Facebook (or whatever) * Spam * Banking * Contracts * Jury duty (Don't think boring.. think sci-fi!) * Taxes * Whistleblowing * Bar tabs * Power of Attorney (This one has new meaning in this context. It's a technical thing, a provable act of delegation.) * Police reports Basically the same use cases as PKI, but if it were government issued, the common person would know what it means. A…

Whistleblowing? Under your real name ?

If leaked documents are non-reputable, then the nature of the game is a bit different, isn't it?

Re: Become Estonia’s e-resident

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Post by patrickk »

markvdb wrote: post #77
agilebyte wrote: post #71

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Or you and your girlfriend are both directors and you meet at least 4 times (from what I've read) there to discuss company business. Hey, the company can pay for the trip from Netherlands too.

It's definitely not as simple as that. To get an idea of some complexities, just read the double taxation avoidance treaties between the two EU countries involved to start, and have a look at the EU posted workers directive http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=471 . Those should convince you that you need good fiscal advice and a somewhat conservative attitude when it comes to fiscal grey areas. If you want to a…

> If you want to avoid paying a lot of taxes, build a multinational and set up tax avoidance schemes like the Double Irish with a Dutch sandwich.

It's probably cheaper to simply pay Irish corp. tax (12.5%) for all but the biggest companies. You have to setup 2 Irish companies, a Dutch company and a Caribbean-based company, a battalion of tax lawyers and advisers to exploit the loophole legally....etc

Re: Become Estonia’s e-resident

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Post by jkaljundi »

tauntz wrote: post #94
ikawe wrote: post #11

I was in Estonia two days ago. I just passed through on a whim as part of a European bicycle tour. I am embarrassed to admit, I knew very little about the country before being there. I was only there a week, so my impressions are addmittedly naive, but very positive. There was a lot of technology forward thinking - online voting, constitutional right to internet access, co-working spaces catering to young entrepreneu…

A shameless plug but since you asked for it.. :) We're doing something cool - at least it's really cool to me - a super simple CI server for mobile apps for freelancers and small teams (greenhouseci.com). By the way, Estonia has a cool tech scene also outside of Tallinn! We're in Tartu and there are a lot of cool startups here too!

+1 for Tartu! :)

Re: Become Estonia’s e-resident

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Post by jkaljundi »

mrkickling wrote: post #103
mcv wrote: post #79

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I've never been there, but from what I understand, they love folk music, and kids learn to program in primary school. Sounds like a wonderful country. Also the home of Skype. Not to be underestimated.

I'm quite sure skype is originaly a swedish company EDIT: seems like it was made in Estonia, but that the founders were swedish and danish.

The 2 majority founders were swedish and danish, but the 4 Estonian founding engineers had a significant stake from day one. The same team of swede, dane and estonians had developed Kazaa and Joltid together before.

Re: Become Estonia’s e-resident

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Post by saraid216 »

sudowhodoido wrote: post #46
ikawe wrote: post #11

I was in Estonia two days ago. I just passed through on a whim as part of a European bicycle tour. I am embarrassed to admit, I knew very little about the country before being there. I was only there a week, so my impressions are addmittedly naive, but very positive. There was a lot of technology forward thinking - online voting, constitutional right to internet access, co-working spaces catering to young entrepreneu…

I see a lot of that across Europe. I've been dying to do a road trip out that way (from the UK) but it's difficult with three children. Everyone I've met and spoken to out there has been through some serious shit right up until the late 1990s from wars to genocides. They really are forward thinking because looking back hurts badly. It might sound cheesy but I have a lot of hope for Europe and most of it comes from th…

> At the same time I'm disgusted at how the media and general population treats our fellow Europeans.

I'm having trouble interpreting this sentence since I have no context. Does "the media and general population" refer to Western Europeans or does it refer to Estonians?

Re: Become Estonia’s e-resident

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Post by rudolfosman »

ikawe wrote: post #11

I was in Estonia two days ago. I just passed through on a whim as part of a European bicycle tour. I am embarrassed to admit, I knew very little about the country before being there. I was only there a week, so my impressions are addmittedly naive, but very positive. There was a lot of technology forward thinking - online voting, constitutional right to internet access, co-working spaces catering to young entrepreneu…

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