Living in Jersey

Lisbon

HappyUser wrote: »

I would go to work in the middle East easily. You get zero tax plus paid accommodation and car. And it's more fun than miserable Jersey that has a whopping 21% tax.

But you'd first need to find someone who is actually willing to employ you...

elsien

HappyUser wrote: »

I have not visited the island and I shouldn't bother in the first place.



They advised from the company that they cannot meet my salary requirements.


I wonder, are they looking for desperate victims? Who will go to live in an isolated island if not for much better money?


LoL they are pathetic. If you want to save billions from offshore taxes, have the least dignity to pay the people who waste their lives offshore adequately.


Waste of time, even after telling them my salary requirements, they asked me, "so you don't want to proceed?". Ridiculous!


If you know anyone desperate enough, tell them they are desperately hiring in Jersey.

I could tell any number of employers my "salary requirements". As my qualifications don't put me in the highly paid brackets where people are falling over themselves to hire, I suspect doing so would lead to the grand total of no offers whatsoever.
Ringing any bells?

nicechap

HappyUser wrote: »

It's only a 10% less tax.
That's less than 10k per year which does not justify the hassle and you get most of it through higher salary in London anyway.
I would go to work in the middle East easily. You get zero tax plus paid accommodation and car. And it's more fun than miserable Jersey that has a whopping 21% tax.

As max income tax rate in Jersey is 20% and uk is 45% I suspect you’re not as talented as you project to be.

HappyUser

nicechap wrote: »

As max income tax rate in Jersey is 20% and uk is 45% I suspect you’re not as talented as you project to be.

This is severely incapable maths skills. Calculate the effective tax for 50k in the UK and see that is not very different from the jersey 21% which you pay on the whole salary.

Marcon

HappyUser wrote: »

This is severely incapable maths skills. Calculate the effective tax for 50k in the UK and see that is not very different from the jersey 21% which you pay on the whole salary.

I think I can see why you didn't get the job... Most skilled finance professionals would expect to be earning a lot more than £50K in any case.

Maximum income tax rate in Jersey is 20%. Where do you get your figures from? No capital gains tax or IHT, goods and services only have a 5% tax rate.

nicechap

HappyUser wrote: »

This is severely incapable maths skills. Calculate the effective tax for 50k in the UK and see that is not very different from the jersey 21% which you pay on the whole salary.

Go on then, show us the sums that get a £10k saving from tax on £50k salary from a 10% difference in rates. (Effective rates or otherwise.)