• Anekdoteles@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    The real fun were the British immigrants( who of course called themseves ex-pats) who lived full time in Spain. Most were retirees that migrated to avoid taxes and extend their retirement funds.

    Sounds like tax fraud, because if you stay for a longer time in another country and/or the main part of your life happens in that place, it is very likely that you have to pay taxes in the new home country.

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            1 year ago

            No, that’s why I said, that it sounded like tax fraud. So, now that you distracted from it, back to the topic: Are you sure they pay taxes in Spain?

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              1 year ago

              As far as I know people move to Spain when they retire because the cost of living is much lower there. So they get their pension from the country they are from and the pay Spanish taxes since the line in Spain.

              So they avoid the tax in their home country which often is higher.

              It’s ok if you want to think that there is an enormous tax fraud going on, it doesn’t matter.