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2 May '17

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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 | 5yr 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 | 6yr 5 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

It's great if you're woke, young & artsy. If you're just a regular guy in your 30's with no connections, you'll have a miserable time. Especially during the pandemic. It's not inexpensive and you get offered cocaine every 200 meters in the city center.

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🌥 Feels 20° 68° 19° 66°AQI 25

$2,132 / mo

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Mexico City

Mexico

If you stay in Roma or Polanco you'll be fine. Mexico City was a little too chaotic for my taste, but also had some really beautiful and cool neighborhoods and a must visit if you find yourself in the middle of Mexico. Uber runs here so that makes it easy to get around. It can be as cheap or expensive as you want it to be, a decent hostel will run you $15 - $20/night. I cook many of my meals and prefer to splurge at nice restaurants a few nights a week vs eating at cheap places for every meal

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💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

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🌥 Feels 26° 79° 26° 78°AQI 59

$1,499 / mo

20Mbps

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 45° 113° 34° 94°🥵AQI 72

$1,419 / 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 9° 48° 10° 50°AQI 52

$3,023 / mo

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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 37° 99° 29° 84°🥵AQI 50

$2,908 / mo

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London

United Kingdom

How did you guys classified Penge as rich? It is one of the worst neighbourhood I have ever been in London, the ammount of people I know that have been robbed there is appalling.

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☀️ Feels 12° 54° 12° 54°AQI 33

$4,259 / mo

23Mbps

Barcelona

Spain

Lived in Barcelona for a year and a half. I would agree that the weather is perfect and Barcelona does have a great tech scene as well as food and has everything landscape and lifestyle wise that you could think of. Bureaucracy isn't too bad if you nip it in the bu** early and have patience. Also, some clubs are free. (Jamboree!). The metro is also, very efficient with red and purple being the busiest lines. Very walkable city too. Plenty of opportunity to meet people as well. The beaches are ok

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🌤 Feels 16° 61° 16° 60°AQI 38

$3,167 / mo

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Prague

Czechia

I visited Prague on more than one occasion and tried something new each time. I really wanted to enjoy it, but unfortunately it turned out to be one of my least favourite cities. Perhaps it was just me, but there was an overwhelming sense of distrust and dislike towards foreigners, you have to try pretty hard to blend in if you want to experience the life of a local & avoid the tourism. I met some wonderful people and and there’s some cool communities to be part of, but another extended stay

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🌥 Feels 8° 46° 9° 48°AQI 55

$2,244 / mo

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United States

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🌥 Feels 15° 59° 15° 59°AQI 30

4mo

$3,192 / mo

45Mbps

Japan

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💵 Cost 🙂 Okay

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🌥 Feels 22° 72° 22° 72°AQI 51

2mo

$2,798 / mo

30Mbps

North Korea

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💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 Internet 🤬 Unusably slow

😀 Fun bad

👮 Safety very bad

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🌤 Feels 21° 70° 21° 68°AQI 88😷

$2,062 / mo

1Mbps

Finland

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🌧 Feels 7° 45° 8° 46°AQI 38

$3,055 / mo

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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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💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive

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🌥 Feels 12° 54° 13° 55°AQI 57

$5,603 / 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 7° 45° 8° 46°AQI 38

$4,003 / 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 23° 73° 23° 73°AQI 51

$3,319 / mo

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Pyongyang

North Korea

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

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🌤 Feels 23° 73° 23° 73°AQI 100😷

$3,527 / mo

Austin, TX

United States

All in, Austin is a good city. We live in Hill Country now so we're a bit removed. But it's beautiful area once you get away from the highways. A good tech scene. Not too expensive (~$2100 for a nice 2 bedroom apt) for the U.S. Has wineries and breweries galore. Not a great place if you are a recovering alcoholic (!). Cons: extremely hot in the summer; reaches 110 F (43.3 C) in summer afternoons from June - September. Not very diverse. Highways are loud and obnoxious.

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🌥 Feels 21° 70° 20° 67°AQI 22

$3,588 / mo

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