[7steps2much]

> If a someone is on a trip abroad and gets a call/email from a customer from another country, they are technically working. Would that require a work visa?

Depends on the country in question of course but many places have different visas:

- Visitor visas: Usually valid for only a couple of days / weeks and geared towards business travelers. These usually allow working in the country.

- Tourist Visas: Usually valid for weeks/months and geared towards tourists.

If you are on the first then working isn't a problem. If you are on the second then (as the name implies) it is kind of assumed that you are a tourist/on vacation and as such won't be doing any work at all.

So to answer your question: If you are on a trip (I interpret this as a couple of days at best) then you won't need a work visa. If you want to stay there for a while though then technically yes.

> The world is changing and laws aren't really keeping up.

Are they though? I think it is fair to say that if you are staying in a country for an extended period of time (longer than a visitor visa) they have a right to tax you.

[theshrike79]

So if I go abroad for two weeks with my family on a Tourist Visa and I respond to work emails and slack messages during the trip while the family is sleeping or resting after a hard day at the beach.

In your opinion the country would have the right to tax me, since I'm in the country on a Tourist Visa and I'm working?

[7steps2much]

Yes. That said, i do also believe that taxation would have to be fair. Assuming you spent less than ten hours on these mails in total that would mean you would "earn" so little that most likely you would have not earned enough to have to pay any tax anyways.

Not to mention that in a situation like this they probably wouldn't come after you anyways, but i think they should still have the right to.

Also please note: This stems mostly from my personal opinion of not doing work outside of work hours unless explicitly agreed to. If I am on a vacation i don't do work unless everything back home is collapsing in a pile of flaming garbage.