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by rapnie 330 days ago
There was a documentary on Dutch TV a couple of years ago, about 'DYI tax haven management' for common people. Can't remember which public channel it was on, and what the name was. Might have been part of "Tegenlicht" series.

Update: Maybe it was the program Rambam where the makers set up their own tax haven based on the methods of the big corporations. Information in Dutch:

https://pers.bnnvara.nl/rambam-ontduikt-belasting-met-medewe...

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Meanwhile the Netherlands is taxing the common people like crazy, and politicians are talking about raising taxes even more.
The Netherlands also has the number two quality of life in the world so maybe don’t worry about it so much?

https://www.numbeo.com/quality-of-life/rankings_by_country.j...

it's weird when Americans day dream of giving tax breaks to billionaires because they might be rich one day; it's a another thing for people who ostensibly have the best social system in the world looking at America and say "we should do that".
There are plans for making mortgages more expensive by removing tax deductions and for taxing inheritance a whopping 75%. That is hardly giving tax breaks to billionaire, more so screwing over anyone who isn't dirt poor. Oh, and I'm already paying pretty much half my income in various taxes.

Anyone who has a significant amount of money can avoid these taxes, as always.

Americans also pay half or more their income in various taxes/premiums. Again, I’m not sure what greener grass you’re looking for.
> Might have been part of "Tegenlicht" series.

Consistently the best thing on TV.-