Readit NewsSoftwarePatent commented on What American digital nomads can learn from people who live in RVs fireshouter.substack.com/... · Posted by u/SoftwarePatent
Any suggestions on doing taxes as a nomad? Like websites that'd simplify the process?
No, I have used a few accountants in the past when I was a nomad but never found someone I'd recommend. I'd love to hear from any others here if they have someone they'd recommend, since I could use a new one myself.
Interesting; was thinking about this myself recently - currently based in WA - but if we opt to moving to a new country altogether I believe we would always be liable for US fed tax which makes it a little less appealing (assuming we'd end up then being 'dual-taxed').
Washington is a great place to be! If you start a digital nomad trip from there, your state taxes will be as simple as possible.
Regarding being dual-taxed, the US has dual taxation treaties with almost every country, so you can deduct the taxes you pay to another country from your US taxes. e.g. If you move to France, you'll pay taxes there, and when you file in the US you'll get credit for those taxes paid. There are numerous other complications for federal taxes as well! But you probably won't flat-out pay double.
This is a weird tip I think I could only share with the hacker news crowd. Once I learned about gut bacteria I started thinking of my cravings as something external to me. Like instead of saying "I'm hungry and I'm in the mood for something sweet" I would realize "the hormone ghrelin is sending hunger signals to my brain and the gut bacteria in my body is asking for something that's not actually in my best interest." Being able to emotionally distance myself from my feelings let me make decisions that I knew were better for me.
Just remember that it gets easier, I think a lot of people struggling with addiction to unhealthy food try to resist temptation for a day and go through hell. They think "I can't live the rest of my life like this," but the thing they never make it far enough to learn is that it doesn't feel this hard all the time. Every night I go to bed resisting a sugar loaded soft drink I wake up stronger, and the sabotaging gut bacteria is one battle weaker than the healthy gut bacteria.
+1 this works! I’ve seen it called “urge surfing.”
The one example of someone who maybe should renounce their American citizenship, Boris Johnson, and who in fact did renounce it https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/feb/08/boris-johns... was not a digital nomad.
So hey if you have a citizenship somewhere else that is among one of the cool, slightly respecting rights of citizens countries in the world, and you never want to go to the U.S because reasons (including never wanting to work there - which seems weird given your digital nomad lifestyle) go ahead, renounce it.
The article also talks about Eduardo Saverin, born Brazilian, become American, then renounced in favor of Singapore.
SoftwarePatent commented on Ask HN: What you up to? (Who doesn't want to be hired?) · Posted by u/capableweb
A 2D slippy map that shows sun and shadow around the world.
Today’s sunset around Puget Sound: https://shademap.app/#47.89056,-122.66785,7z,1635813675213t
Awesome site! I love moving around the sun like some kind of god.