Brain Drain Within the EU?

Re:Brain Drain Within the EU? by holografix on Sunday September 23, 2018 @07:32AM (#18050591)

I don’t mean to offend you but as a foreigner living in Brussels the taxes and overall cost of living, for the services you receive, are shockingly terrible.

The inefficieny of the Belgium bureaucracy is like nothing I have ever seen before and if Italy is any worse I can’t blame a single soul for abandoning ship.

I visited Milan a month ago and was very happily surprised at how clean and orderly the city seemed. A welcomed reprieve from graffiti and trash dominated Brussels.

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Re:Brain Drain Within the EU? by growlist on Monday September 24, 2018 @05:11AM (#18056104)

Counterpoint, I received a tax rebate in the post a couple of years after leaving Belgium to return to the UK. Somehow I doubt the UK's tax office would be so diligent in seeking out former taxpayers abroad to return money to them!

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Re:Brain Drain Within the EU? by stzup7 on Monday September 24, 2018 @05:59AM (#18056339)

They are. After a 6 months internship in the UK and without telling/asking them anything, they returned money to me a year later.

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Re:Brain Drain Within the EU? by RugnirViking on Monday September 24, 2018 @08:42AM (#18057173)

Can confirm, I also recieved a nice rebate almost a year after leaving my old job due to a clerical error by them meaning I was taxed for a few months after I left.

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