'I don't want to contribute in any way to the general well-being of the society in which I plant my tax-dodging arse AND I want cheap healthcare too.'
You randroid parasites are scum of the earth, you do know that right?
But we are not talking about a residence permit in fact, the regular procedure for that is to apply for a visa first
I think there is some rule somewhere that says that the family from an EU citizen should still be able get a visa on arrival but even for a visit (i.e. not to establish residence), a visa is in principle required
I thought the problem people face is turning this visit into permanent residence
If you go the “Surinder Singh” route, the non-EU spouse can also apply for a residence permit in the country where you are staying temporarily, that would be something to show either on the border or later to the UKBA
And then there is the “Arriving at the border without an entry visa” which suggests that it's kind of possible but I would expect some resistance from the border guards
What I would rather do is apply for a visa and then fight the visa rejection if needed (hiring a lawyer if possible)
(but like I said I am not familiar with UK procedure)
I reviewed a bunch of things but everything needs to be reviewed twice apparently
@Gagravarr This is all about entry btw, the whole Surinder Singh business is about residence, which is certainly worth a fight in court
If you are stuck at the border, EU rights won't do you much good
@GaëlLaurans I totally agree with your comment that the OP is not a high earner. If you are not in the top tax bracket, you are not a high earner. It is not an insult.
At first I thought this was a case of double taxation where the individual was earning so much that the tax credits don't count for much. Now the question just seems to be one for money.se
I'm a free-lance consultant working for a U.S. client. I'm an E.U. citizen currently living in the EU and my combined income tax and social security contributions are now more than 50% of my salary. I would like to relocate to a country that has relatively low income tax and low social security ...
@StrongBad 42% is above 33k €, in the Netherlands I made that much as a PhD student
I should really stop commenting because this is going in all directions ;-)
Or he is really in the top tax-bracket and his income and deductions are such that his effective tax rate is really exactly the same than the second tax bracket…
@Dirty-flow I am not sure it is really too broad. There are only a couple of "correct" answers since the OP was looking for the best. Potentially the answer would be too long since it would have to list 200 countries and the tax liability. It would be a lot of work unless you are setup to calculate these sorts of things.
The problem is that everybody has some experience with 2 or 3 countries and then goes on to generalize, maybe a few people really needed to deal with a dozen or so but unless you are a tax attorney or work for the tax office (and even then) nobody has the full view.
@StrongBad Yes, I wasn't clear, that's what I meant, he said he pays 42% so the second one.
@Dirty-flow yeah but they were not very good answers.
@GaëlLaurans but we can strive to get the tax attorney or someone who works in a tax office to answer the question. It might go unanswered or require a bounty, but I don't think we should close questions because they are difficult to answer well.
@StrongBad IMO the question is too vague: the only real requirment is : a country where the time difference with the U.S. East Coast is less than 7 hours.
If you had a spreadsheet that calculated your tax burden in every country given an income of X then the question would be easy to answer.
As your income becomes more diversified the spreadsheet obviously becomes more complicated. Someone earning less than 56k a year probably isn't so diversified.
And there was nothing in the question about the living costs in the target country, which should also be important (and probably more on topic as well)
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