So it is better for everyone that the EU breaks up; currently GB is having a referendum on this issue but I suspect it will never come to a GB exit.
I’m to understand that’s because non-Britons will be able to vote therein.
Maybe, but I'm not sure about that. In general people in cities vote differently and in this case anti exit. The brexit vote had a big precursor, namely the vote for Scottish freedom and that ended with a 49% to 51% (or so) loss. The anti lobby played it on fear to miss out on all the Europe goodies...
The EU exits in part to make sure its member states are a tax paridise, that is, for the governments, not its citizens. It is now impossible to move to an other European country and have a better tax deal.
Huh? No it isn't, EU member states all set their own tax rates, and there is freedom of movement for both capital and labour.
You missed the tax harmonization part, a requirement to enter the union. Also, it's a fact that most member states have the same tax regime/dictatorship (there is no escape).
Huh? No it isn't, EU member states all set their own tax rates, and there is freedom of movement for both capital and labour.
You missed the tax harmonization part, a requirement to enter the union. Also, it's a fact that most member states have the same tax regime/dictatorship (there is no escape).
As far as I'm aware the only tax harmonisation that actually exists as a group policy is a general VAT floor of 15%, though even that is not without exceptions, and countries are free to set the rate higher (and many do). There is no such policy in place for income tax, corporation tax, savings tax, property tax, or any other kind of tax. And while some similar states have broadly similar approaches to tax you'll find a great deal of difference across the EU as a whole. There are some group rules on application of tax, and how it is declared, which are in place as part of a single approach to avoid double taxation, but that's a rather different matter.
So I'm not sure where your original assertion that it is impossible to move between EU countries for tax purposes comes from. I'm not even sure why it would be a big deal if it was true, but in any case, it isn't.
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In general people in cities vote differently and in this case anti exit.
The brexit vote had a big precursor, namely the vote for Scottish freedom and that ended with a 49% to 51% (or so) loss.
The anti lobby played it on fear to miss out on all the Europe goodies...
You missed the tax harmonization part, a requirement to enter the union.
Also, it's a fact that most member states have the same tax regime/dictatorship (there is no escape).
So I'm not sure where your original assertion that it is impossible to move between EU countries for tax purposes comes from. I'm not even sure why it would be a big deal if it was true, but in any case, it isn't.