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2 May '17

15d

17 May '17

17 May '17
2 May '17

Austin, TX

27°C

United States

20 Apr '17

11d

1 May '17

1 May '17
20 Apr '17

San Francisco, CA

16°C

United States

7 Apr '17

10 Apr '17

10 Apr '17
7 Apr '17

Pyongyang

15°C

North Korea

1 Mar '17

2mo

20 Apr '17

20 Apr '17
1 Mar '17

Tokyo

14°C

Japan

2016

3 Dec '16

3mo

28 Feb '17

28 Feb '17
3 Dec '16

San Francisco, CA

13°C

United States

1 Dec '16

3 Dec '16

3 Dec '16
1 Dec '16

Helsinki

3°C

Finland

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If you don't have a residence, where do you pay taxes as a European citizen?

by @mpp | 4yr 4 years ago | 68 comments

While his type of question has been asked before, please bear with me as the existing threads don’t match/answer my questions.

tl;dr

German citizen working as a consultant for a US startup and moving perpetually every < 3months.

(Where) Do I pay taxes when I technically don’t have a residence?
Is it allowed by European/German law to not have a residence?
Are there countries where you can get a residence w/o staying 6 month/year or large investments, that do not tax non-remitted foreign-sourced income?
Can you recommend a good European/German tax advisor who could give a professional opinion?
Do I need to start a company to invoice an US company for consultancy work?

less short version:

Inspired by this community & @levelsio, I’m in the process of becoming a digital nomad myself. The one issue that is currently blocking me is sorting out what the best way to handle taxes is. I’ve been offered a job by a US startup, they want to hire me as a remote consultant (contractor). I’m not limited to a location and free to move where/as often as I want.

As the German tax authorities are known for not joking around, I want to make sure I handle the tax issue correctly. My research so far leads me to believe that as long as I don’t own any property in Germany or do any business there, I should be fine with not paying taxes there. Switching countries at least once every three months also should be sufficient to not create any tax obligations in the respecitive countries.

While in theory this sounds like you don’t have to have a residence anywhere and are not obliged to pay taxes, I have a hard time believing that this is not covered by International/European/German law. Did anyone (ideally European/German citizen) consult a tax advisor / lawyer on this and can give an educated answer to this? I’d also be thankful for recommendations for good tax advisors specialized on this topic.

Last but not least, as I haven’t freelanced before: Do I need to start a company to be able to invoice the US company for my consultancy work or could I just do this as an individual?

Sorry for this rather long post, thanks to everyone who’ll take the time to answer <3

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Any product managers here working remotely?

by @sneha_magapu | 5yr 4 years ago | 7 comments

Hi guys,
I am Sneha from India and wish to begin a nomadic lifestyle soon. Want to know if there are any Product / Project Manager nomads here and your experiences working remote. I generally understand that most digital nomads are writers / coders / designers etc. I would love to know how you began freelancing / remote working as a project manager, good avenues to get work and any advice you would like to share with the newbies.

Cheers!

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Lisbon

Portugal

I lived in many cities in both South and North Europe. I never found, until now, a better city for digital nomads than Lisbon. My experience there has been incredibly inspiring. Besides the great food and the affordable cost of living, I liked the most because it was effortless to meet like-minded people. A week after I arrived, I was already part of a soccer team, met two other people working in the same industry that I ended-up being close-friend and business-partner with, and had insightful c

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$2,072 / mo

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Prague

Czechia

My husband and I spent about 6 weeks testing Prague in Nov-Dec 2018 as we were considering it as a semi-permanent base of operations for the next year or two. Honestly it was great and we plan on leaving Malta where we have been for the past year. Pluses - transportation is very good and quite cheap, tons of restaurants, lots to do. People are more reserved, perhaps even a bit suspicious, so I would not say it was an OVERLY welcoming vibe, however there are a lot of expats from the US, CA, UK

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🌥 Feels 15° 59° 15° 60°AQI 27

$1,983 / mo

32Mbps

Chiang Mai

Thailand

Chiang Mai used to be N.1 for the digital nomad life. It is still great and you can find really cheap apartments (300-400$) and restaurants (2-3$ for a main). Wouldn't recommend staying there during the burning season. The best area is Nimman, but it's also the most expensive. You can stay in the old city that's very nice but that gets noisy during the weekend for the night markets. Last but not least, very safe city. All in all would go back in a heartbeat.

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🌥 Feels 41° 106° 31° 87°🥵AQI 41

$1,087 / mo

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Berlin

Germany

Berlin is overall a great city to be. Food is cheap and everywhere, easy to go out and have fun/meet for business. Rent has crept up but still far better value than where I came from. Internet: 36 EUR/month get me 450/40 mbps (cable -> DOCSIS 3.0) Public transport is 2.70 EUR/ticket. No woman I know has said they felt unsafe. Some really odd, xenophobic sounding comments on here. Biggest downsides IMO: service quality at restaurants - not that people are rude, but they don't seem to particular

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🌥 Feels 18° 64° 17° 63°AQI 48

$2,954 / mo

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Bangkok

Thailand

Don't believe the prices on here for an apartment. 686 usd/month refers to an apartment in a high class condo, right in the city centre and seconds away from the BTS(train station). Just remember this, people working at supermarkets make 2 usd/per hour. If you want to live like a local, then you can save a lot of money. If you don't mind a 5-10 minute walk from the BTS, then you can easily get a one bedroom apartment for 300 USD per month, in a high class condo, plus with free golf cart ser

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🌧 Feels 40° 104° 31° 88°🥵AQI 54

$1,408 / mo

25Mbps

Singapore

They say you get what you pay for. After having traveled the previous 4 months in India, Cambodia, VietNam, Myanmar and Thailand, Singapore was so easy! The subway system is a marvel, streets signs were easy to read, everyone speaks English (that just makes it easy for me as an English speaker) it is safe, clean, and parks are gorgeous. I was there as COVID 19 was breaking out fairly fast and that put a damper on my time but I was so happy to be there anyway and plan to go back. For digital

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🌧 Feels 38° 100° 30° 86°🥵AQI 40

$2,764 / mo

88Mbps

London

United Kingdom

London is the best city in the world - you just can't do it on a budget. It's got an amazing tech scene but ALSO world class media, fashion, finance, art industries and many others. If you don't want to live in a tech / expat mono-culture then it's for you. It is a genuine melting pot with a huge range of nationalities and cultures living together (the US has a large number of nationalities but there seems to be hard segregations between them geographically, economically, culturally - so they

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🌥 Feels 14° 57° 14° 56°AQI 17

$3,861 / mo

20Mbps

Barcelona

Spain

During winter is quite safe plus much cheaper. Some nightclubs are free and yet there is still a lot of people. Great por lgbtq+ community.

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🌥 Feels 25° 77° 25° 77°AQI 32

$2,852 / mo

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United States

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☀️ Feels 23° 73° 23° 72°AQI 29

4mo

$3,228 / mo

42Mbps

Japan

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💵 Cost 🙂 Okay

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☀️ Feels 24° 75° 24° 76°AQI 32

2mo

$2,705 / mo

26Mbps

North Korea

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💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 Internet 🤬 Unusably slow

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🌧 Feels 21° 69° 20° 68°AQI 58

$1,835 / mo

1Mbps

Finland

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🌥 Feels 13° 55° 13° 56°AQI 40

$3,103 / mo

31Mbps

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San Francisco, CA

United States

I've been living in SF since 2014 and I have to say Cost of Living is misrepresented. It's a lot more expensive now (2020) than posted. 1-bdr in center is $3,500-$4,000 + $200-$300 for parking + $100-$200 for utilities. Almost impossible to find month-to-month rent, so this is for 1-year lease. Coffee for two + a pastry is easily $20. Dinner for two never less than $50, unless it's fast food (+20% tips are expected) and if you want actually something good it's at least $100 for two. Airbnb is $1

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☀️ Feels 28° 82° 26° 79°AQI 82😷

$5,440 / mo

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Helsinki

Finland

A lot more things to do there on Summer than on Winter, even though the city is beautiful both seasons. Wouldn't recommend going there in the beginning of spring or late autumn since it'd be mostly rainy and cold. On Summer I recommend just walking around the city and checking out all the architecture and drinking beer on the beach of Hietalahti or taking a ferry to Suomenlinna and having a picnic day there. Linnanmäki amusement park is also nice if you are traveling with children. On Winter I

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🌥 Feels 13° 55° 14° 57°AQI 28

$3,473 / mo

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Tokyo

Japan

Tokyo has so much to offer and so much to do. It is easily overwhelming. Whereas I usually take my first week to explore a place Tokyo’s sights just kept on going. I remember ending up in a hidden cocktail bar, a mexican rooftop party with 1 meter margaritas, spending a whole day going only to French places(?), visiting a store that only imported 2nd hand hiphop apparel, and throughout it all the best michelin star ramen. It just seemed endless, completely unrelated and incredibly fun. Six wee

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🌧 Feels 22° 72° 22° 71°AQI 24

$3,163 / mo

29Mbps

Pyongyang

North Korea

Very good, Glorious leader Kim Jong-Un helped me see the true beauty of TRUE KOREA.

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🌧 Feels 21° 70° 21° 69°AQI 55

$3,527 / mo

Austin, TX

United States

Not a great place to live for diversity. It may seem diverse but when you actually live there, it’s just a group of diverse white people from small towns. High population of Hispanics and whites.

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$3,406 / mo

70Mbps

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San Francisco, CA

United States

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💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive

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3mo

$5,440 / mo

67Mbps

Tokyo

Japan

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2mo

$3,163 / mo

29Mbps

Austin, TX

United States

Not a great place to live for diversity. It may seem diverse but when you actually live there, it’s just a group of diverse white people from small towns. High population of Hispanics and whites.

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15d

$3,406 / mo

70Mbps