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Originally Posted by red81king
Hi, I was looking into home bases for a European move for poker.
So what I can gather - Ireland
- England
- Czech
- malta (15%)
- Gibralter
- Slovenia
- Montenegro
- Bulgaria
- Finland
- Hungary
Am I missing any? Is any incorrect?
malta isnt all clear as taxes and one can get there relatively easy, the costs rate to be 1.5k dollars for one person, thatwould be very minimum somewhere in the uk. Ireland, not sure if something changed there as poker goods but little purpose to go there and pretty much just the capital is big enough but isnt cheap and not exactly full of free flats. Scotland should be better but unlikely cheaper. In england manchester isnt expensive and in london further away or near, or shared common room, maybe okay and easier to get rented.
Bulgaria is 500 dollars country, pro taxes unclear but other than that just the stars software basically, with 15% or 20 mostly, like in the uk, more or so rake costs, that could mean twomonths extra grinding mostly per year, and taxes would double it, or like close half off. No taxes in the uk but that. Not legal to play in nonlicensed in bulgaria sites in bulgaria and lots of sites block bulgarians but not romanians that is 500d country also and in romania stars is and nocut 15 but one percent from cashouts before 15ke and 16 percent after till 100k, after it is 25 percent. Romania often has relatively cheap live 50 and 100 stack poker like in timisoara at this timebut gets to usual 10e levels in bigger games though half the rake speedcan be like in bucharest and other. From the eu one can be in romania as long as one can support and malta comes close butmore like per year needing some savings or and monthly incomes like with bank data. But in most any countryone can often continue like that and more so if eu or near.
Finland and sweden dont block any sites like albania and romania basically though it isnt legal in romania so u have some nose spoon to deal with in romania plus after tourist time a shot one needs to use their software, butno report to tax people there until 15k is likely, in case itmatter but audit possible incase it matter. In fin and swe any place legal but taxes from non eu sites, 30 or income tax. In malta one likely plays anywhere, very got summer.
Portugal is half livingcosts of the uk and 15 cut software similar, .com pool also like romania, bulgaria, malta, fi, swe. Albania is 500 country andno cuts unknown taxes and unclear staying, not eu. Cheap fly companies might not fly directly to albania but to the near country above at least, but it depends. The missing of size cities on beats can be a problem here and in albania but tirana is 35km or so to sea and big and hot city like rome. Romania and bulgaria has size on beach like constanta, varna. Durres is smaller and has tons of tourist in albania.
Porto in portugal has live casino poker and is cheaper than lisbon by little, and summer heat romania level under 30 in theory but it rains more in porto than in romania, latter having though uk winter but rain added some 12c or so winter in porto isnt great, while hotter winter comes w hotter summer needing a fan for months. pro tax is possible in portu so ask tax people as costs .4 of winning as whole otherwise. Obe gets no pension in 500 countries but in 750 porto it is on the edge if one can get ones own rent flat w it. Permanent residency comes for us after 5a, need to be renewed after 5a but rates a formality though not sure, while nationality needs language ability.
Having another flat in a 500 country is a possibility and if in the eu or eg. albania, could or should leave every 3kk or register for longer staybut taxes if any could naturally hit after 6kk, if tax free where one lives officially.
Czech or similar hasnt been clear about legality and for poker, but not all sure. Hungary might be one of those there that isnot yet licensed and isnt maybe as so legal as the rules might be there. Prague seem favored by the german or so people guessing from location but lesser weather, just closer there.
