Systematiker wrote:You're tax resident in France then. So you should be paying French tax. If you are paying no tax, you're evading tax (even work done for US clients; you pay tax where you are tax resident).
Some countries have taxation agreements with the US, Germany is one of them. I don't know about France. But I guarantee there is not a magical loophole where you pay no tax just because you are an expat.
Never meant to say there was in the case of France specifically; should have clarified that I mean tax-free
in the US, apologies for the confusion. I'm particularly touchy about US taxes specifically because I'm formally an independent contractor, so we get taxed out the wazoo, penalized for additional earned income, and forced to spend ages wading through arcane filing systems. I'm probably even more wound up than the average US taxpayer because I live in DC, so I have no representation at the federal level, no functional benefits of a progressive fiscal system (nearly everything we have is of terrible quality), and sure, the Smithsonian's great and all, but...
(I hope this doesn't violate the ban on political talk. It's a national tragedy shared by all of us, regardless of political leanings.)
If I were to register as self-employed in France, my tax burden would be much lower and my disposable income much higher, since my fixed costs would be significantly lower as well.