Pavol Luptak
CEO of Nethemba - Slovak IT security company founded in 2007, primarily focused on web application security and various penetration tests.
The manual for EU citizens.
This presentation does NOT apply to digital nomads, i.e. people who can afford not to live in any country for more than 183 days a year and at the same time have a favorable tax residency in a country with territorial taxation.
On the contrary, it applies to ALL who are EU citizens and have to or want to live in one place in any EU country for a long time.
And at the same time, they want more freedom and better services.
Bad news: You won't get rid of it unless you want to live abroad / have a center of life interests elsewhere most of the time
The excellent news: Live on debt that you can pay off at any time - you don't pay taxes on debt. Instead, you can put the interest towards your expenses.
1. If you don't have Bitcoin, buy enough.
2. Use it as collateral and borrow new fiat money (USD, EUR). For example, via firefish.io. nexo.com, ..)
3. Live off your crypto loan for a long time.
4. Once in a while, pay back part of it or replenish the collateral.
5. If the annual inflation is higher than your annual interest / estimated annual Bitcoin growth, you'll still make money on it (quite probably). Everybody believes in the "Bitcoin moon" :-)
I don't have any BTC, but I have a working business:
1. Your company has income - either for invoices paid in crypto or it buys crypto on the exchange (for example, an Estonian company doesn't make a profit until it pays it out).
2. It uses it as collateral - and borrows new fiat money (USD, EUR).
3. It will then lend you this money (stablecoin) as the owner/individual.
4. Occasionally, you repay part of this loan to your company.
5. The firm, in turn, takes care of the crypto loan - it adds collateral or returns part of the borrowed fiat money.
6. You pay interest to your firm, which pays interest to the crypto lender.
7. If the annual inflation exceeds your total annual interest / estimated annual Bitcoin growth, you still make money.
Rich people live on loans - and therefore don't pay taxes.
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What about the unfortunate compulsory health insurance?
You can get rid of it:
This may not be a big deal since:
But I want my gun permit!
Unfortunately, getting one is usually impossible without a permanent residence in your home country.
I want my EU driving license!
You can also drive on most EU roads with a Paraguayan, Panamanian, or any other driving license (we will be happy to help you with residency in these countries and obtaining driving licenses).
I want to apply for a loan/mortgage in my bank!
Unfortunately, this is not possible without permanent residence in your home country. But you can use unregulated crypto loans.
If you get cancer or severe illness, no global private health insurance company will cover you anymore!
WARNING:
As a tax resident of the EU, you are still subject to tax on dividends/profits paid from your foreign company (but it may be worth the saved bureaucracy and associated costs)
Bad news: EU banks may make it impossible to open a bank account unless you are a permanent resident there. Alternatively, they may make opening it conditional on your official income.
The excellent news: Do not use the EU banks; open an account in Georgia (Bank of Georgia, SOLO.GE) or Gibraltar (XAPO.COM).
An account in the above banks is opened on your passport with no special requirements. It is possible to use the address of any country. Nobody cares about your residency.
1. Cancelled permanent residence in your home country, you can live there as a citizen for 90 days without a residency permit
2. No official income as a natural person - living on (crypto) loans.
3. You can ask for other documents (like driving licenses) from other countries with residency (Paraguay, Panama, etc.).
4. No compulsory health insurance in your home country; instead, a very good global health insurance company.
5. No bureaucratic EU company doing business through a company in non-bureaucratic offshore legislation.
6. Preference for the use of cash, Bitcoin Lightning, and Monero.
7. No EU bank account - instead, a premium SOLO.GE account in the Bank of Georgia) where your crypto loan money goes
8. No more KYC SIM cards - instead use of BitRefill, or KeepGo.
By Pavol Luptak
What to do with the unfortunate EU: 1. Tax master, 2. Mandatory health insurance, 3. EU company, 4. Bank account and mobile operator
CEO of Nethemba - Slovak IT security company founded in 2007, primarily focused on web application security and various penetration tests.