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Old 18th January 2004 | 01:22
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ITCZ
 
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Just to butt in...

Emirates (from a distance) always seemed to be a place where a fella could earn a lot of tax free money in a short period of time. Prime reason for anyone being an expat.

But the 16,700 dirhams posted on the careers website translates to Aussie$5,900 /month, or about AU$70k.

That does not seem like much when a plain vanilla 146 FO like my good self earned over AU$80k last year with allowances. Sure, the top part of my income was taxed at 48%, but my after tax was AU$4,800 on average.

Maybe my quick sums are missing a few factors, but the advertised 16,700 dirhams does not look like a gold mine.......

Would love to be proven wrong!
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