Comments on: International taxation in real life https://www.thduggie.com/thduggies_blog/2011/international-taxation-in-real-life thoughts and family activities in an industrial suburb Mon, 07 Nov 2011 19:10:44 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.7 By: IrishOboe https://www.thduggie.com/thduggies_blog/2011/international-taxation-in-real-life#comment-49573 Mon, 07 Nov 2011 19:10:44 +0000 http://www.morbidcornflakes.ch/thduggies_blog/2011/international-taxation-in-real-life#comment-49573 I tried to figure out what the right thing to do was, but most of the musicians I asked said don’t report it and I either misunderstood what tax officials told me or they thought I didn’t earn enough to bother especially since I was here only temporarily, but then I got busy and got married and forgot about it all (or ignored it . . .) and dumped it on my poor husband, who can at least understand the language well! I think the moral is: make lots of money, or do things for free . . .

]]> By: thduggie https://www.thduggie.com/thduggies_blog/2011/international-taxation-in-real-life#comment-49475 Sun, 06 Nov 2011 20:33:11 +0000 http://www.morbidcornflakes.ch/thduggies_blog/2011/international-taxation-in-real-life#comment-49475 Yeah, mine was spinning too. I think we did the right thing, albeit too late, and did the right thing again with Janet’s income from her gig in Strasbourg, but you never know. We certainly declared it all to the IRS, in case big brother is reading…

]]> By: SursumCorda https://www.thduggie.com/thduggies_blog/2011/international-taxation-in-real-life#comment-49471 Sun, 06 Nov 2011 20:16:06 +0000 http://www.morbidcornflakes.ch/thduggies_blog/2011/international-taxation-in-real-life#comment-49471 Now my head is spinning.

I’m actually opposed, for a number of reasons, to the Flat Tax being touted by a number of people in the country, but I understand the urge to simplify. Making it easy to do the right thing is the first step toward keeping honest people honest.

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