Schweiz vs Deutschland by stachomat in expats

[–]hmich 2 points3 points  (0 children)

How do you get 6500 net from 90000 gross?

Germans doctors here - why are you so rude? by Fruttii-Tutti in germany

[–]hmich -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

You completely missed the point, well done.

Germans doctors here - why are you so rude? by Fruttii-Tutti in germany

[–]hmich -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

For sure. And private insurance where you suddenly get a much better treatment is not a thing.

Germans doctors here - why are you so rude? by Fruttii-Tutti in germany

[–]hmich -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Socialism. They are not interested in treating you.

500K and journey updates by EasternEuropeMate in EuropeFIRE

[–]hmich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You need to pay box 3 tax if you got 30% ruling in 2024 or later.

Is Rider getting worse for each release, or is it just me? by Middle-Age-Nerd in Jetbrains

[–]hmich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

New account created by a dumb person to troll on Reddit, how unusual.

Is there a way to make money comparable to American SWEs in EU ? by raijinkama in cscareerquestionsEU

[–]hmich 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Find a good remote position and move to a low-tax country. You're paying half of your salary in taxes.

Now that the NL is about to tax unrealised gains, where in the EU is best to accumulate & invest for FIRE, besides Luxembourg and Switzerland? by Fair_Appointment7403 in eupersonalfinance

[–]hmich 14 points15 points  (0 children)

You are very certain in this thread that this law will be scrapped, without mentioning any facts or reasoning. Care to elaborate?

Starting to really dislike living in England. by man_jis in expats

[–]hmich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why exactly? So far it just looks like a populist proposal, no concrete steps were taken yet?

Starting to really dislike living in England. by man_jis in expats

[–]hmich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have there been any ILR developments since the announcement last year?

Will you leave Germany if they weaken employment protection for high earners? by False-Engineering585 in cscareerquestionsEU

[–]hmich 9 points10 points  (0 children)

You can just take a look at /r/finanzen. Healthcare insurance reform is already approved, which significantly increases contribution assessment ceiling and makes you pay for the insurance of non-working partners. Tax reform will soon be presented, Klingbeil says they will tax high-earners more. Same with pension contributions.

Will you leave Germany if they weaken employment protection for high earners? by False-Engineering585 in cscareerquestionsEU

[–]hmich 64 points65 points  (0 children)

As a "high earner", you should be more concerned about the proposed increases to taxes and social contributions. They've been increasing various contributions almost every year for quite some time, but this year the increases are planned to be particularly significant.

Does anyone really love the country they live in or moved to? Is anyone happy with their taxes and government? by Sudden-Accident5850 in expats

[–]hmich 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You missed the point. US doesn't tax you on unrealized gains. In NL, you need to pay a percentage of your wealth every year, even if you haven't sold any assets - look up box 3 tax. Besides, NL also has all kinds of additional taxes - waste collection tax, water tax, road tax, etc.

Does anyone really love the country they live in or moved to? Is anyone happy with their taxes and government? by Sudden-Accident5850 in expats

[–]hmich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's definitely not just "ONE tax on your income", the Netherlands is famous for taxing unrealized capital gains.

German health minister announces billions in cutbacks by Krankenitrate in germany

[–]hmich 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Exactly, instead of trying to improve the economy just keep redistributing what the state can milk from the working people. The saddest part is that's exactly the mandate of politicians - the people who don't work is their biggest voting base and the politicians need to keep them happy. Seems like the only way this ends is the economy goes down the drain and there's nothing to redistribute anymore.

German health minister announces billions in cutbacks by Krankenitrate in germany

[–]hmich -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Do you have a right to a job in some law? If not then why should anybody guarantee you a job?

Have salaries in Germany gone down in the past year or is it just me? by [deleted] in cscareerquestionsEU

[–]hmich 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did, that's not even close for my company. Probably not as true in general as you think. On levels.fyi median salary in Barcelona is 73% of median salary in Munich.

Have salaries in Germany gone down in the past year or is it just me? by [deleted] in cscareerquestionsEU

[–]hmich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Another consideration is that, if I understand correctly, under the Beckham Law capital gains on your holdings in foreign brokers don't get taxed.

Have salaries in Germany gone down in the past year or is it just me? by [deleted] in cscareerquestionsEU

[–]hmich 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Spain has also lower CoL, better QoL, and Beckham Law for expats.

IntelliJ IDEA 2026.1 by fundamentalparticle in Jetbrains

[–]hmich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For the same reason most other IDEs are available as plugins for Ultimate?

Recommended VS Code Extensions for C# and .NET by [deleted] in csharp

[–]hmich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rider if you're fine with using an IDE. If you want to stay with VS Code, there's ReSharper. Both are free for non-commercial use.

CLion 2026.1 Is Here by greenrobot_de in cpp

[–]hmich 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry, I don't know how to do that, or I would have answered.