Re:Apple has €13bn Irish tax bill overturned
by balfirevic on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @03:04PM
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I'm aware, but that's not related to my comment, unless you're actually claiming that programmers have lower standard of living in the western Europe compared to eastern Europe (which I believe to be false).
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Re:Apple has €13bn Irish tax bill overturned
by betaby on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @03:18PM
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Belarus, Ukraine, Russia have low taxation for the salaries in IT (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belarus_High_Technologies_Park) To have your own 2-3 room flat in Minsk (Capital) by the age of 35 is pretty common for Belarusian programmers and basically unheard in the West. So yes, I can argue that programmers can have higher standards of life at home than your typical "tech hub" like London, Munchen or Dublin.