Europe
Love Europe. Specifically how varied the culture can be in such short distances together with beautiful and practical cities that focus on humans over cars.
I am not too fond of how high the tax is for many EU countries though given the benefits you get for this tax money aren't transparent at all. I'd love to be able to dedicate what portion of my tax goes where.
There are many nice EU countries with lower tax though that you can work from.
I am also curious how you can make EU political system more efficient, right now it seems incredibly messy. I am also not sure how to stop the stagnation of EU financially. I think focusing on removing useless guardrails to do entrepreneurship with better access to local funding will go a long way in accelerating building more value everywhere. It's also quite unfortunate that US and China are the only countries that are focused on building companies in the space industry.
So far I lived in Netherlands, Cyprus & UK.
Currently reside in Spain. Want to spend some time in Portugal or Georgia soon.
Notes
- Czech has low income taxes. Base rate is 15 and 22 % is high rate. But you also add social and health insurance. We also have small business licenses where you can significantly reduce social so no retirement fund but a lot of cash on hand.
- After 3 weeks of living in Europe I would like to admit I was wrong. Cities arent spiritually bankrupt wastelands, I only ever lived in North American ones and did not expect how incredible it is to live in cities that cater to the human experience.
- As of 2022, I believe the best tax setup for most working individuals and families to be comprised of Malta for the corporate setup and Portugal for personal residence.
- There is a significant division between the Northern and Southern economies. The north have benefited from the Euro with collective purchasing power, while the South got a stable currency. However the Southern economies would benefit from a cheaper currency in so many ways. Germany has resisted true Eurozone bonds which are a logical part of the single currency proposition (the ECB got around it with QE) but sooner or later it needs to happen.
Links
- Ask HN: How to increase SWE salaries in Europe? (2021)
- Horizon 2020 - EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation.
- Why northern Europe is so indebted (HN)
- Where would you retire in Europe? (2021)
- Best country in Western/Southern Europe to retire with €500K (2021)
- TaxEU Reddit - Dedicated to taxation in the EU/EEA and neighbors.
- Ask HN: How to relocate to Europe as a software developer (2021)
- What is one European historical event that you (shamefully) know very little about? (2021)
- European Urbanism and High-Speed Rail (2021) (HN)
- What's the most filthy rich place you've ever been to in Europe? (2021)
- How to Relocate Your Startup to Estonia (2021)
- Saving for Retirement in EU (2021)
- The European System of Monopoly (2021) (HN)
- Europe's 70 startup unicorns (2021)
- HN: Europe is now a corporate also-ran. Can it recover its footing? (2021)
- Europe's Software Problem (2021) (HN)
- The 5 coolest trends in urbanism ... in Europe (2021) (Tweet)
- European Payments Initiative (EPI) (HN)
- What is your favorite touristic experience in Europe that isn't full of other tourists? (2021)
- What's the weirdest or most surreal place you've visited in Europe? (2021)
- Ask HN: A US programmer makes 3 times that of a EU programmer. Why? (2021)
- EU Chatcontrol 2.0 (2021) (HN)
- TLDR News EU - YouTube
- Low tax country to offload stocks for capital gains (2021)
- How trains could replace planes in Europe (2021) (HN)
- In which European countries or cities have you had the best food on your travels? (2021)
- Best EU country for online income
- Into Europe - YouTube
- Why Europe Invented Central Banking (2021)
- EUobserver
- Investing for European residents explained in plain language
- Glossary of summaries - EUR-Lex
- EUR-Lex - Access to European Union law
- Which cities in Europe have the most interesting geography/topography? (2021)
- Europe's middle class has been strong for 2 decades while America's was squeezed by an 'explosion of debt,' (2021) (Reddit)
- EU Commission to open source software (HN)
- FIRE in Europe is more difficult in EU over US (2021)
- European alternatives for digital products (HN)
- Tech Pays in Europe - Tech total compensation and salaries in EU.
- Tax implications of living in multiple EU countries in one year (2021)
- Ask HN: Who has moved from the U.S. to Europe? (2022)
- EU vs DISINFORMATION
- DISINFO DATABASE
- Eurostat - European statistics.
- Best countries to start a business in Europe? (2022)
- Why Europe is addicted to Russian Gas (2022)
- What is your favorite European island that you have visited?
- European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas (Code)
- How did Europe become the richest part of the world? (HN)
- Russia's invasion of Ukraine accelerates Europe's energy transition (2022)
- Wealth Inequality and Homeownership in Europe
- Hoog - YouTube
- EU will have issues for not embracing AI and focusing on regulation
- Cost of employment for companies in different EU countries (2022)
- What is the Eurodollar System? (2020) (HN)
- Best lower tax countries to move to in Europe (2022)
- Does China not view Europe as an equal? (2022)
- What has EU given us in terms of tech recently? (2022)
- Europe holidays | The Guardian
- Europe’s Most Tax-Friendly Countries for Remote Workers (2022)
- Six Reasons to Live in Western Europe (2022)
- What keeps the average American (that can afford it) from moving to Europe? (2022)
- Investing beyond VWCE (2022)
- Where to retire with € 1.2 million? (2022)
- Chronotrains - Interactive map that allows seeing how far you can travel by train in 5h. (Tweet) (HN) (Code)
- Best countries for FIRE in EU (2022)
- Mark Blyth: The Euro – an assessment in the midst of a European war | Q&A with Yanis Varoufakis (2022)
- What are the best EU cities/Countries with low taxes? (2022)
- The EU made Simple - YouTube
- Which residency / work setup would ensure the lowest possible income tax in Europe? (2022)
- Europe in Crisis with Lyn Alden (2022)
- Where’s Europe’s Delaware? (2021)
- The Best European Corporate and Personal Tax Structures in 2022
- The Real Reason Europe Took Over the World (2022)
- Taxes & Working Remotely in Europe as a Freelancer or Business Owner (2022)
- Visualization of European history (1500-2022)
- How Most European Cities Are Insanely Well Located (2022)
- Where would you live in Europe for the best quality of life? (2022)
- Moving to a third country from EU, what to do with my pension? (2022)
- European pension systems are the biggest scam ever existed (2022)
- Top 100 Places To Visit in Europe (2022)
- Is Europe Just Not Good at Innovating? (2022) (HN)
- Ask HN: EU Bank with Good API? (2023)
- Night Train Map with all regularly served night train destinations in Europe (HN)
- Being Digital nomad in EU countries explained (2023)
- Chronotrains - Where can you go by train in 8h?
- Countries in Europe with no capital gain taxes (2023)