>>Another is all consumption achieved by moving your consumption to somewhere else with low or no VAT. I didn't. Investments are not consumption. At some point

>>Another is all consumption achieved by moving your consumption to somewhere else with low or no VAT. I didn't. Investments are not consumption. At some point you are going to buy something you can use like a car, a house, food or w/e and there will be VAT there. If you never spend it on consumption then you are in effect providing a free service to everyone (accepting money but never buying anything). If you live in a country with VAT then buying abroad won't help you as you have to pay VAT on imports from non VAT countries. >>I've done the math for my own expenditure from back when I didn't earn much to now, and the difference is stark. Do you have any savings/investments now in comparison to there? What do you think will happen once you want to by something with those savings?