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+1 for Singapore, at least from a business perspective: http://gyrovague.com/2013/10/30/half-the-donut-why-an-entrepreneur-earning-100k-gets-to-keep-over-99k-i
by jpatokal 13y ago
+1 for Singapore, at least from a business perspective:
http://gyrovague.com/2013/10/30/half-the-donut-why-an-entrepreneur-earning-100k-gets-to-keep-over-99k-in-singapore-but-under-57k-in-san-francisco/ http://gyrovague.com/2013/10/30/half-the-donut-why-an-entrep...
Personally, I'm going for Australia though -- there's more to life than low taxes.
- ajtaylor 13y agoI'm starting the work for my PR in Australia. We love it here, plus the paths are short and straightforward: 2 years as 457 => PR through employer sponsorship, 1-2(?) years as PR => citizenship.
- vacri 13y agoAnother traditional route to Australian citizenship is via New Zealand. Get a kiwi citizenship first, which is easier than an Aus one. With an NZ passport, it's easier to get an Australian one. It's actually quite a serious problem for the kiwis, because they do the hard yards of bringing immigrants up-to-speed with the local culture (eg English language lessons), only to have them jump the ditch (Tasman sea) to Australia.
- jpatokal 13y agoYou need 4 years total though. Which is still pretty good though, in places like the US you're lucky to get even a green card in 10 years...
- toomuchtodo 13y agoThe EU also has 8-10 year residency requirements, based on country. Malta is the shortest, at only a year, but you have to cough up € 1 million.
- girvo 13y agoYeah, while our taxes here in Aus are high, so are our standards of living. Although our new government seems intent on ruining that, in a bid to out-do the US in terms of idiotic legislation and curbing freedoms...
- jsankey 13y agoActually, our taxes are not high compared to other OECD countries (only Mexico and Chile have significantly lower tax/GDP ratios): http://www.treasury.gov.au/Policy-Topics/Taxation/Pocket-Guide-to-the-Australian-Tax-System/Pocket-Guide-to-the-Australian-Tax-System/Part-1 http://www.treasury.gov.au/Policy-Topics/Taxation/Pocket-Gui...
- vacri 13y agoAs jsankey says, we're really not highly taxed. Our tax load is on par with the US, and we have the benefit of a much simpler tax system, from income tax to business taxes. Cost of living is high, though.
- girvo 13y agoMmm, yeah I suppose that's more what I meant. Our tax isn't that high per se, but you feel what tax there is more as our cost of living is quite high.