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by blakblakarak 844 days ago
Which country are you relocating to ? Certain ones such as France don’t allow ‘digital nomads’ - there are workarounds but it inevitably involves paying taxes and social charges. Working cross borders can also be difficult- I’m English but have French residency but cannot work for a non-French (and possibly Ireland) without getting a blue card or getting my EU citizenship back which was stripped from me against my will…
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It's weird to consider paying taxes as a tradeoff. "Digital nomad" isn't a code for tax avoidance, is it?
No, its specific visa category that a few EU countries have now, the most popular being Portugal's. You pay plenty of taxes to the host economy and are usually excluded from social welfare and healthcare.
Cash leaves no trail.