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I have set up a secret shell company in the Cayman Islands, which invoices and receives payment from all my clients.
"Cayman Islands Tranzlation Company" then employees me on a contract, which provides me with a company house here in Ireland, a company car, mobile telephone, health insurance, etc. and just enough cash to keep me below the most painful tax threshold. Meanwhile, my real assets are accumulating tax-free in the Cayman Islands.
Only joking – I pay my taxes... See more I have set up a secret shell company in the Cayman Islands, which invoices and receives payment from all my clients.
"Cayman Islands Tranzlation Company" then employees me on a contract, which provides me with a company house here in Ireland, a company car, mobile telephone, health insurance, etc. and just enough cash to keep me below the most painful tax threshold. Meanwhile, my real assets are accumulating tax-free in the Cayman Islands.
Only joking – I pay my taxes like everyone else! ▲ Collapse
| | | | inkweaver 
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| Ok, if you think so... | Jun 15, 2016 |
Michael Harris wrote:
You do not have to be rich to trick legally in Germany, you just need a good accountant.
And if you do not earn more than a certain amount then you also fall below the have to pay limit.
Ah, I suppose you know one then? As far as I know it's mainly the rich who play the tax evasion game, e.g. pay zero income tax but still drive around in a Mercedes.
And I guess it's not exactly easy to survive if you fall below the limit, let alone support a child. So that's not really an option. And you would still have to pay taxes in the broader sense of the term (social security contributions, at least health insurance is mandatory), even if you are below the limit for having to pay income tax.
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| For American citizens, the world is your country of residence | Jun 15, 2016 |
It's not a boast. In fact, every American citizen has to pay income tax unless he/she qualifies under poverty rules or unless he/she earns less than a certain amount of money as per federal rules.
I don't know why some foreigners want to become American citizens! I don't even understand why some would forge or steal American passports. It doesn't matter where you live, you have to pay taxes on ALL of your income, domestically and internationally earned.
Taxes are necess... See more It's not a boast. In fact, every American citizen has to pay income tax unless he/she qualifies under poverty rules or unless he/she earns less than a certain amount of money as per federal rules.
I don't know why some foreigners want to become American citizens! I don't even understand why some would forge or steal American passports. It doesn't matter where you live, you have to pay taxes on ALL of your income, domestically and internationally earned.
Taxes are necessary for the functioning of governments, of course. Living under an efficient bureaucracy (I know, an oxymoron for most of us) is a tossup (a draw of the luck), regardless of what political system we turn out to live under.
I suppose some translators can keep more of their hard-earned money in high-taxed countries if they receive cash payment for a portion of their work. Then, you open a safety box in a local bank and place your cash there. Don't blame me! I heard that advice in a movie (Get Shorty).
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| Against my will | Jun 15, 2016 |
The taxes I have to pay in my country of residence are abusive. We all know a good half of it is used to feed the corruption machine, and they are raised regularly, because this machine is very hungry, and it gets worse each day.
But yes, I do pay my taxes. I will likely take my anger to the grave with me, since it's been like that for the past 200 years, so I have to rely on the divine providence.
[Edited at 2016-06-15 15:54 GMT]
| | | | | I don't earn a lot. Rather the contrary... | Jun 15, 2016 |
The brilliant Danish tax system is arranged so that people who do not have large pensions sometimes get supplements. These are reduced if you have a private pension (savings already taxed) and/or someone in the household earns above quite a modest level.
My husband and I joined pension schemes where we could, but are still at a level where we actually get supplements - or I will, when I start drawing my pension. I planned to go on working until I was 67, but it simply isn't worth it... See more The brilliant Danish tax system is arranged so that people who do not have large pensions sometimes get supplements. These are reduced if you have a private pension (savings already taxed) and/or someone in the household earns above quite a modest level.
My husband and I joined pension schemes where we could, but are still at a level where we actually get supplements - or I will, when I start drawing my pension. I planned to go on working until I was 67, but it simply isn't worth it - on top of tax, 16% is deducted from my husband's pension supplement. I don't understand it myself, but my economist husband has checked it over, our bank adviser has checked it over, and the pension fund checked it over...
We are just in a bracket - along with lots of people with normal, but not high salaries, who get caught at every corner. Many of them have possibly not discovered it yet - if they are not approaching pension age and trust the system like me. I simply don't understand it, especially with the totals my invoices add up to each month.
However, in Denmark EVERYONE pays tax - students on grants, tax-financed pensions, unemployment and sickness benefits, just everything is taxed. It would save a lot of administration to pay net sums out if they are purely tax-financed and make them tax free, but no. That would be a heresy. So the system gives with one hand and takes some of it away with the other hand. As I once heard it explained, the richest 90% of the population pays subsidies to the poorest 90%! ▲ Collapse
| | | | Xuan Zhao
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| Tax''s slave | Jun 15, 2016 |
ProZ.com Staff wrote:
This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "Do you pay taxes in your country of residence?". View the poll results »
Unforturnately I pay tax in my country.
| | | | Luiz Barucke
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| I didn't know it was an option | Jun 16, 2016 |
How could I do differently?
I have double residence, and yes, I pay taxes in both countries.
I could "pause" my residence in my birth country and stop paying taxes there, but I prefer not to, because it's easier to withdraw payments there than here where I live.
So taxes are the price.
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