Bulgaria has a 10% flat tax. Hungary 15% flat tax. There are others.
The 26% figure above does include the FICA payroll tax.
Will richer EU country and US companies pay you better than your local wage bracket in the EU? How do you find that? This sounds like the best of both worlds. I'm guessing its tricky?
Of course. Competition to find better remote talent.
> How do you find that? This sounds like the best of both worlds. I'm guessing its tricky?
You have less bargaining power because you are competing in a bigger pool of remote workers. There is a little problem with timezones. But you can get $100K+. If you're good and got connections you can get SF/NY wage wherever you are.
I know those are difficult questions to answer but I want to put themnout there
I simply only apply to jobs where I work on my timezone. We have some meetings that end at 6PM locally.
> 2) tax: should I take my earning into a personal account in the US/EU?
Depends on your residency. And depends on the law of the country you end up residing in.
> Or alternatively start a corp and do corp to corp without and only pay myself minimum amount? 3) tax: do I pay taxes in the US and in the EU? Do they go after my US corporate?
You'll maybe need a VISA on the new country were you reside. Easiest would be a working visa. The country may have an agreement with USA where they run a sql-query to find tax-evaders and join it with a table of residents.
You might be found out. The USA may come after you for taxes on revenue of I believe +$150K/year. The USA has some fancy global taxation.
As a US citizen, you still have to file taxes. But can save a bunch depending on your situation.
I'm curious are you an EU citizen already? If not I believe you would need a US company that has an EU entity which could supply you with Blue Card in order to work in the EU.