[nuerow]

> Always before, but you should also factor in local taxes and cost of living yourself when evaluating an offer.

I'd also like to stress that, along with taxes, there are also tax benefits in play, which are highly dependent on your personal circumstances and willingness to pursue them, and can also have a limited timespan.

For instance, some European countries offer generous tax benefits to highly skilled professionals willing to relocate which are only applicable for a few years and require the employee to jump through a few hurdles to benefit from them. If we leave it to recruiters to do the tax math, unscrupulous recruiter might use that to create inflated expectations regarding net salary and disposable income.