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| Comical Dilemma Roommate | 09/01/10 |
| grizzly psychic point | 09/01/10 |
| Comical Dilemma Roommate | 09/02/10 |
| Amethyst Maniacal School | 09/01/10 |
| Comical Dilemma Roommate | 09/02/10 |
| Amethyst Maniacal School | 09/02/10 |
| Comical Dilemma Roommate | 09/02/10 |
| Self-centered principal's office roast beef | 09/02/10 |
| Blathering gas station | 09/02/10 |
| Self-centered principal's office roast beef | 09/02/10 |
| Blathering gas station | 09/02/10 |
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Date: September 1st, 2010 4:58 PM Author: Comical Dilemma Roommate i graduated in 2008 in the bottom third of my T20. going into the summer, i had no job and a six-figure debt coming due. i had a couple of prospects in the US, but they were not at all attractive, so i started looking abroad. i managed to snag a job. for the first year and a half, i was making 80k usd, but, after taxes, was only able to make interest payments for most of my loans.
i switched to a freelancing role six months ago and now bill at 180 usd per hour. i work with two firms in the same area of law, but i am getting experience in two different niches that i enjoy practicing in. i am making more more than enough money now to pay off my loans in three years. and, as a freelancer, i pretty much set my own hours.
for those without jobs, i feel your pain. be creative and good luck. i won't be on the board for the rest of the day, but will come back later to answer any general questions. |
Date: September 1st, 2010 6:26 PM Author: grizzly psychic point what continent? If I want to do something like this, do I need to know any other languages? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1411677&forum_id=2#15941204) |
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Date: September 2nd, 2010 5:08 AM Author: Comical Dilemma Roommate europe.
even if your job is mostly in english and even if most people speak english in the large cities, learning the language cannot help but make your life easier and advance your career. it is also not as nearly as hard as i thought it would be. |
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Date: September 1st, 2010 6:29 PM Author: Amethyst Maniacal School shitty flame. if you make less than 93k while abroad you dont pay US taxes (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1411677&forum_id=2#15941233) |
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Date: September 2nd, 2010 5:14 AM Author: Comical Dilemma Roommate i think you are being funny, right? of course you pay taxes to the country you are working in, unless that country, too, has no income taxes.
fuck the us tax system and its global reach. it is the only western country that does this and provides an incentive to renounce citizenship. oh and by the way, if you go this route, the irs will assume its for tax purposes and you are liable for us taxes for 10 more years. |
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Date: September 2nd, 2010 5:15 AM Author: Amethyst Maniacal School were you in western europe? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1411677&forum_id=2#15946187) |
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Date: September 2nd, 2010 5:44 AM Author: Comical Dilemma Roommate yes. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1411677&forum_id=2#15946227) |
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Date: September 2nd, 2010 7:48 AM Author: Self-centered principal's office roast beef Uh, pretty sure Australia and S. Africa also make you pay income tax while you work abroad. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1411677&forum_id=2#15946296) |
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Date: September 2nd, 2010 8:08 AM Author: Blathering gas station Did you understand what was said? The entire income you earned was excluded from federal and state income taxation. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1411677&forum_id=2#15946305) |
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Date: September 2nd, 2010 8:21 AM Author: Self-centered principal's office roast beef This is only true if he is earning <90k/year (I used to work abroad). Otherwise, he isn't paying his fed taxes. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1411677&forum_id=2#15946318) |
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Date: September 2nd, 2010 8:25 AM Author: Blathering gas station That's why I said for his income, which he specified was 80k. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1411677&forum_id=2#15946320) |