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Sorry to rain in your parade, but I paid taxes in both NL and US (for the same job and status) and once you consider the extra burden in the US (health care, pe
by mbroncano 9y ago
Sorry to rain in your parade, but I paid taxes in both NL and US (for the same job and status) and once you consider the extra burden in the US (health care, personal transport, insurance, property taxes if you own a house ...) it amounts to pretty much the same thing, probably less.
And obviously without any public service to justify it.
- wsc981 9y agoI ain't going to the US. I will emigrate to a developing country but with good public healthcare. Everything (electricity, public transportation, housing, food) will be a lot cheaper as well. So both lower taxes as well as lower costs of living.
- skuzye 9y agoDon't forget to factor that in lots of developing countries your salary will probably be a lot less too. Edit: I feel like I should expand here. I live in São Paulo, Brazil. Rent is through the roof if you want to get two work in less than 1 hour. The goods are very expensive, everything is taxed 100% when imported, plus there are a lot of taxes added to the local products price. I have a good salary for the place and even so, if my wife wasn't working we wouldn't be able to afford our two bedroom apartment within a 30 minute commute to the city center.
- wsc981 9y agoYep, but I aim to get a well-paying remote job, hopefully through Toptal. Currently I am preparing for the interview with Codility.
- refurb 9y agoI haven't found that to be true at all. I live in Canada for a while, then moved to the US. Even paying for property taxes, health care, college, I had a lot more money in my pocket. I would say my tax rate was almost 1/2 of what it was in Canada (obviously I took advantage of a lot of tax deductions in the US).