As an aside, and I can only speak for Berlin here, there is an almost accepted level of “black economy” in Berlin, especially in the night and hospitality sectors. The authorities seem to turn a blind eye to it as it keep the economic wheels turning. If you really take the piss, they will come down on you, as did happen to one person I know of, keep it to an acceptable level and you should be okay.
Not to be too facetious - but the American would have a tax liability, such is their worldwide system of taxation.
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Sounds like the sort of thing one would hope for from a recently elected Labour government. Hopefully paid for by tax increases on those with broader shoulders (and especially their unearned wealth).More than 1m households to get £420 budget boost in universal credit change
Exclusive: move will cap amount that can be deducted from benefit payments to repay short-term loans and debts
Which manifesto promise is being breached?
Which one?
Out of interest what is the ‘’acceptable level”
Somewhere between wealthy and rich which no one seems to be able to identify
The WFA thing doesn't seem very Labour at headline face value but makes sense in wider context. This government can be TRUSTED to deliver policy that works in the interests of the many, not the few.
Something which doesn’t draw too much attention from the Finanzamt.
So fraud is OK, it's just the scale that might make it wrong. That's clear
A slogan comprehensively rejected by the electorate in 2019, they opted for 'few' rather than 'many'
I guess it like a lot of things in life, don’t be too much of a twit and you should be okay.
I’m not denying any tax evasion but that graph is simple absolute values and doesn’t present an accurate comparison ….it’s skewed by countries with larger populations, higher GDPs and/or higher taxes. I’m not sure what context it was presented in, but in isolation it’s misleading.
If 10% of the population of Germany didn’t pay their taxes it stands to reason the total would be more than if 10% of the UK did the same as it would involve more people, higher amount of GDP and a higher amount of tax. I’d like to see the comparison once these factors are considered.
I’m surprised Greece isn’t in there as well.
My point was about rich Germans not leaving Germany though
I agree with you in a sense, in reality that is how most of us behave. But it isn't a good practice as the boundary is subjective and it's interpretation leaves it open to abuse. Would we apply this thinking in domestic violence or child abuse? You and I might have very different ideas about what constitutes a twit - I doubt this is the case. It's also bad law if it acceptable to break it to some degree and the state sanctions it.