Expat Essentials
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8.6K30-Percent Tax Ruling (updated): United Expats commissions legal opinion in response to 2019 Dutch Budget Proposal
(Editor’s note: Agence France-Presse wants to interview expats affected by changes in the 30-Percent Ruling. See below.) On Tuesday 18 September, at...
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3.7KJackie Harding: Will Brexit force me to return to a ‘home’ I might not even recognize?
Brexit is a dirty word in our house! We wholeheartedly disagree with the concept of the United Kingdom leaving the European Union,...
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9.6KWant to live in Italy? Small-town Umbria is an affordable, beautiful option
(Editor’s note: This post on the cost of living in Umbra was first posted on Nancy Goes to Italy. It’s reposted here...
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20.3KThe Things We Love: Expat life in Europe means the best in wines and beers
(Editor’s note: The Things We Love is a new series celebrating all our favorite aspects of expat life starting with wines and beers. Because...
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11.4KWhy American expats are studying in Germany instead of at fancy U.S. colleges
(Editor’s note: At Dispatches, we’ve posted often about how studying in Europe, especially Germany, is a viable alternative to crazy American student debt....
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13.4KGuest contributor: ‘Will the Dutch government break its trust with expats and cut the 30-Percent Ruling?’
(Editor’s note: On April 20, Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s coalition proposed cutting retroactively the length of time expats in the Netherlands can claim...
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9.5KWith a tight market, Maastricht student-housing websites make you pay, but rarely deliver
Since our first days, Dispatches Europe has advocated that American students consider university in Europe if for no other reason than avoiding tens...
