Are 2k€ enough to live in Warsaw?

29 Aug 2008 / #1

So I am going to be in Warsaw for atleast 1 year. I don't have much expenses. I don't smoke and drink. My hobbies are mostly limited to computers.

I don't know where I will be living but I will get accomodation from Microsoft for a while. I am coming from Finland by the way.

How about the taxation? Will I get screwed by taxman like in Finland?

Gab - | 133

29 Aug 2008 / #2

Do you know what your pay will be?

2000 Euro?

Eurola 4 | 1898

29 Aug 2008 / #3

Will I get screwed by taxman like in Finland?

You get screwed by taxmen in Finland too? :) What a wonderful world.

OP foxtrot1213 2 | 43

30 Aug 2008 / #4

^Don't even get me started over Finnish taxation. It is the most harsh system on planet Earth (at least I think so). If you are a kid, and if your both parents die then taxman will come to you because you got what you are not supposed to have, and you must contribute to the system for everyone as you got something to contribute. You will sell your house to pay the taxman. Bank will come to you as well (house loan taken by your parents, remember?) but that is another story. Taxman will come to even you are an adult and lose your parent(s).

If you are divorced or lost your spouse then taxman will again come to you since you own the property of your dead spouse/divorce settlement. So if you got the house then you may need to sell it to pay the taxman and contribute to the system for everyone.

Taxation information in Finland is available for public which means that I can see the tax information of Finnish president if I want to. You can download the tax information of almost everyone (living in Finland of course) from torrents. Yes, those papers are from government.

Probably government thought to keep public busy with something like reading and going thru other's taxation information. You shouldn't be surprised if you will see some dudes with briefcases in taxation offices going thru your taxation to find "if you didn't pay something" (yes they are ordinary civilians like me).

If you are, by chance, a successful foreigner then be prepare to face some hostility and jealousy from natives. Your neighbor and probably anyone from your neighborhood might be reading your taxation information just to see if you contribute enough to the system for everyone. That's why we don't say "hello" to our neighbors. We don't even want to "get to know them". I have to accept that I don't know my neighbors. I even don't know their names.

There was a famous case involving a successful Russian business couple (Larisa and Nikolai Lisitsyn). They were living and doing their business in Lappeenranta (a city in Eastern Finland). Apparently, some guy in Kuopio (in Central Finland) noticed their success, and decided to accuse them of bookkeeping fraud. Anyhow, the court case with Larisa and Nikolai dragged on for years. Finally, the Lappeenranta court dismissed the charges with lack of evidence.

My friend from Jamica, a successful medical practitioner and law abiding citizen who speaks language quite well, was surprised to see his car wrecked with racial slurs written all over it one morning. Insurance dude told us that he probably faced so because he is a successful foreigner. I can write plenty more but I guess you got some idea.

Don't get me wrong. Healthcare system is good to have. However, it is pretty much abused by those retards and idjits who rush to the doctor everytime when they sneeze, cough or fart.