Originally Posted by
pedrothepilot
I've seen a lot of mention of paying taxes for your home residency country, who exactly does this apply to?
If you are not on a commuting contract, wont you avoid being resident in your home country, therefore avoid double taxing?
Of course for someone having a family this is not an option, but being single, if I had to stay out of my home country for a certain amount of days to avoid residency I certainly would, plus I think it's quite a high amount of days which you have to spend at home to be considered resident, some countries as much as 180days per year.
Thanks
As you say, it depends on your center of interests, as the tax authorities call it. If you are single, no house and no significant properties, and you dont commute, it is not a problem. But in most other cases you will be considered tax resident in your home country.
You will be able to deduct swiss taxes from your bill, but that’s often close to zero, if you have a family.