Recent content by MartinAub

Rick, there is no space to put that down on the N-400 and the BBG process is very unique to Germany. The IO MAY ask, but it has no consequences. ...and due to the BBG requirements (if so desired) zweipaesse is a better source of information.

What the f#$k got into your brain? If you can not contribute to the riches of a country, why would they admit you? Sorry - you just absolutely disqualified yourself.

Ahm, can you sat the bottle of fine wine aside and re-think your statement? The absolute sole purpose of admission is tax revenue. Has nothing to do with staying or not.

I like to add that the sole purpose of ANY country accepting a new citizen (besides humanitarian or political crap) is tax revenue. Please read the requirements of being able to support yourself in the first place (not only valid for the US, but most countries) AND that even if you just want to...

Let him come back and clarify - might have a good headache already :)

Nopie was all 100% legal and not political. Didn't mention Church as I had left by the time. Possibly should have, but then it is by default in Germany, if the parents are in the Church and IMHO that's a club too.

LOL I did that....Sports Club, German Life Guards, Trade Union. Was a no brainer and the IO didn't care. I asked him how deep he can dive etc and that made him shut up. Now well, I never had any party affiliation. That would have been interesting considering the time I came over to the...

Nope, it is the very definition of it. Whilst there is technically a value added tax, the determination of such tax has changed and thus (by means of living language) doesn't exist any longer in it's original definition. Hence (and do I love the German language for being preceise) VAT is...

barr1025 you NEED to differenciate, thus your info is wrong. There is no VAT and you can't call it a sales tax. Funny thing here is to be precise, which is NOT the case. A sales tax per se has nothing to do with VAT.

Not quite... Picture one man working abroad and I do mean it litarally as this is what the question was about. Got a little side tracked; I agree. But one person as sole proprietor working exclusively abroad for a US company he owns with NO partners or other employees? That in terms being...

McTavis, Wiki it. VAT would (and does) increase the value of mercendise each time it tades by the VAT percentage, to get rid of that, it is now based on the actual profit, rather then the value of the goods. Actually a bit more complicated than this, but this isn't the forum to discuss...

McTavish, it isn't. However, being German (and I only mean this by terms of growing up there) you learn about the specifics of the legal environmen. We all know how difficult it is to ge aquainted to "common" law that everyone knows in the US yet are unique to the US. i.e. In Germany no...

Yup and it makes me think that there are such things as "dumb" questions. Just getting the idea of being a citizen of the "Land of the Free" and not being able to live where you like has some bad logic to it - well wait, there is still Cuba, so perhaps not such a dumb question after all. But...

Ok, your construct is a simplified one, mine was perhaps a little over the top. Anyway, I have my own business and declined to extend a contract in Germany past 180 days as I would have to pay taxes there, plus social security etc and what have you. Getting this reconciled with your...

Nope, wrong. With most countries there are agreements against double taxation and once you work abroad for more than 180 day you have to pay taxes there. Though still file your US tax return, but not actually pay taxes as you paid those already abroad. Further, as sole owner of the company...