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Yes but the author is American So he'll always have to pay US taxes even if he moves out of the US.(I'm aware about tax treaties but in most cases they still ha

by negrit 6y ago

Yes but the author is American So he'll always have to pay US taxes even if he moves out of the US.(I'm aware about tax treaties but in most cases they still have to pay the difference)

naavis 6y ago
Most places inside the US allow you to live a comfy life with 100k/year too. No need to be in Silicon Valley.
- philliphaydon 6y ago
  Yes but being American he will be double taxed living outside of the US.
  - nogabebop23 6y ago
    this is not true.
    - philliphaydon 6y ago
      It is true depending on the country he lives in. As he's a US citizen, even if he lives overseas he needs to fill in a W-9 form to get the money from GitHub.
  - pkaye 6y ago
    You can exclude the first $107.6k/year from US taxes. https://www.irs.gov/individuals/international-taxpayers/foreign-earned-income-exclusion https://www.irs.gov/individuals/international-taxpayers/fore...
randoramax 6y ago
He can spend $300/month in many parts of Europe, get good healthcare. Even with paying some taxes to support the US billionaires, he'll live a very good life. In SV for that money he'd have to climb over zombies to go get the groceries
- isoskeles 6y ago
  But you can get groceries delivered here. Problem solved. :/
- kortilla 6y ago
  > Even with paying some taxes to support the US billionaires Medicare and social security alone account for nearly half of the US fed govt spend. Taxes do not support billionaires. The lack of them does.
blocked_again 6y ago
Is GitHub sponsors considered as Salary though? Might have some tax breaks if that is not the case.
- zenhack 6y ago
  It may depend on what country you're in, but in the US if you're just some rando, "donations" are still taxable income. The form GitHub sends you for filling purposes is the same one used for contractors.
s3krit 6y ago
You only need to pay tax back to the US on your earnings > $100k/year
- philliphaydon 6y ago
  If the earnings are made outside of the US then he doesn't pay tax on less than 100k. The earnings are in the US so he would need to pay, he still has to fill in a W9 form as he's a US citizen.

by negrit 6y ago

Yes but the author is American So he'll always have to pay US taxes even if he moves out of the US.(I'm aware about tax treaties but in most cases they still have to pay the difference)

naavis 6y ago

Most places inside the US allow you to live a comfy life with 100k/year too. No need to be in Silicon Valley.

philliphaydon 6y ago
Yes but being American he will be double taxed living outside of the US.
- nogabebop23 6y ago
  this is not true.
  - philliphaydon 6y ago
    It is true depending on the country he lives in. As he's a US citizen, even if he lives overseas he needs to fill in a W-9 form to get the money from GitHub.
- pkaye 6y ago
  You can exclude the first $107.6k/year from US taxes. https://www.irs.gov/individuals/international-taxpayers/foreign-earned-income-exclusion https://www.irs.gov/individuals/international-taxpayers/fore...

randoramax 6y ago

He can spend $300/month in many parts of Europe, get good healthcare. Even with paying some taxes to support the US billionaires, he'll live a very good life. In SV for that money he'd have to climb over zombies to go get the groceries

isoskeles 6y ago
But you can get groceries delivered here. Problem solved. :/
kortilla 6y ago
> Even with paying some taxes to support the US billionaires Medicare and social security alone account for nearly half of the US fed govt spend. Taxes do not support billionaires. The lack of them does.

blocked_again 6y ago

Is GitHub sponsors considered as Salary though? Might have some tax breaks if that is not the case.

zenhack 6y ago
It may depend on what country you're in, but in the US if you're just some rando, "donations" are still taxable income. The form GitHub sends you for filling purposes is the same one used for contractors.

s3krit 6y ago

You only need to pay tax back to the US on your earnings > $100k/year

philliphaydon 6y ago
If the earnings are made outside of the US then he doesn't pay tax on less than 100k. The earnings are in the US so he would need to pay, he still has to fill in a W9 form as he's a US citizen.