They recommend NordVPN, which makes me think all their recommendations are just ads.
Monetization is not a crime
Show HN: Nomad Visa – Working remotely? Explore your visa options
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#82Earlier quoted context omitted.
If your income is high enough to be paying 5 figure taxes, check out Nomad Capitalist. They specialize in legal tax reduction through global residency.
> They specialize in legal tax reduction through global residency. Dodging taxes. They specialize in dodging taxes.
If it is legal, why is it dodging taxes ? As an individual, I want to maximize retaining my hard earned earnings and nothing wrong with that in my opinion as long as you do it legally.
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#83I get that everyone should follow the law, but how would they ever distinguish you from a tourist unless you blogged about it?
I've heard of people in Indonesia(Bali) getting caught because they post in public Facebook groups about the work they do, like "Hey guys I'm a yoga instructor/web designer/surf teacher/English teacher and I'm available for hire!"
Thats interesting. I would also find it interesting if they distinguished between e.g. yoga instructor/surf teacher since they are working locally (sounds pretty illegal to me) and remote work like web design. Has anyone further info?
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#84They recommend NordVPN, which makes me think all their recommendations are just ads.
It's an affiliate link where i hope to earn a buck to pay at least for the server and domain cost, otherwise Nomad Visa is free of ads and has no paywall (yet). What do you prefer? :) Is NordVPN bad? I only found great reviews. Please share your opinion.
Re: Show HN: Nomad Visa – Working remotely? Explore your visa options
#85Instead of me choosing the country first, why not ask me about the passport I hold and then show all the countries that have visas that allow me to work remotely? I tried a few places and I only got Tourist Visa as available visa - gave up after a while.
You can go to "digital nomad visas" for e.g. and explore all countries with this kind of visa. Also in "country view" you can see and filter countries for the types of visas you are interested in. The origin country mapping is currently only done with tourist visas.
The pattern is completely backward. The visitor should input their current visas, their savings and ability to invest and get a map accordingly.
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#86Earlier 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.
it often isn't so easy. In many jurisdictions, there needs to be a system to make sure the proper social taxes are paid.
In a 'normal' employment situation these are handled by the employer. As a freelancer, no. So the law requires some additional structure to make sure these taxes get paid.
If you simply declare your freelancing income as 'normal income', you are not paying these taxes, which probably makes you guilty of tax fraud.
Also, if you are freelancing, you may be required to charge sale tax or VAT or similar. In the EU, you need to be VAT registered to collect VAT. As an individual, only certain countries allow this, but only if you have a business license in that country. Otherwise you need a corporate form, or you are commiting tax fraud.
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#87Earlier quoted context omitted.
> They specialize in legal tax reduction through global residency. Dodging taxes. They specialize in dodging taxes.
If it is legal, why is it dodging taxes ? As an individual, I want to maximize retaining my hard earned earnings and nothing wrong with that in my opinion as long as you do it legally.
People really need to start seeing taxes as a good thing.
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#88Earlier quoted context omitted.
Why are tourist visas shown for people who want to work in another country?
Depending on the country, you may be able to work remotely while on a tourist visa. This is true, for example, in Mexico. The tourist visa allows you to stay in the country for up to six months and you aren't allowed to work for a Mexican company but they have no issues with you working for a company in another country.
Many times they're actually "temporary visitor" visas or something like that. Which, as you say, typically prohibits working for a local company, otherwise use local resources, etc. But I've attended business events all over the world. With just a few exceptions, e.g. China, there's never been any question of getting some special visa--which usually requires letters of introduction and so forth--to do whatever combination of business and pleasure I'm there for.
That said, I'll note that e.g. Indonesia 30 day visa-on-arrival seems to theoretically be only for non-business purposes but when I've gone there's never been any question of using anything else.
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#89New Zealand isn't processing most visa applications at the moment
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#90Earlier quoted context omitted.
If it is legal, why is it dodging taxes ? As an individual, I want to maximize retaining my hard earned earnings and nothing wrong with that in my opinion as long as you do it legally.
People really need to start seeing taxes as a good thing.
Tax-funded health care saved my brother, when in his early 20s a brain anuyrism required north of 100K in medical bills-- paid for by the State of MN because he didn't have health insurance at the time.
He would have been bankrupt for life without that. Or dead.
Tax funded health care has saved my wife's life twice.