Sodoff, in the micro world you may have a point. However, in the macro world there are global tax treaties that all basically say the same thing (except for Helens world); That is, in principle only one country has taxing rights. If you have worked and paid tax in Upper Volta, have a home in Estonia, wife lives in Ethiopia, and kids study in Romania then why should you pay taxes in all those places. What one country misses out on the other one gains on. It is the global merry-go round of taxes.
Having said that, in Helens world no such order exists; if you worked in Mexico and paid less tax there than you would have paid on that salary in NZ then you owe Helen money if the wife and kids live in NZ.
Last edited by Ivan Urge; 24th Apr 2002 at 15:33.