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by Geea 5788 days ago
As some of you have already said it, some cities have a better ecosystem, others have a low cost of living but no ecosystem and crazy bureaucracy, others have low taxes.

The solution is an offshore: you start your company in a low-taxes European country (Cyprus, Bulgaria) or a tax haven, you live close to an ecosystem (near London, for instance) and you hire developers from Eastern Europe (low wages, highly skilled).

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There are places for everything:

Åland Islands (Fi) - no VAT

Jersey (UK) - no VAT on goods sold, as long as items cost less than £18 and are posted individually, no import taxes to mainland UK

Estonia - no corporate profit tax (flat 21% tax on dividends)