Originally Posted by
buttking
i have a home but im looking for places to travel to and work from for cheap. say im based on east coast USA and i feel like teleworking in Seattle or Paris. airfare aside, rent/lodging can get expensive really fast.
Suggest you talk to your accountant before you make a final decision.
You appear to be an American citizen. Thus any income you have anywhere in the world is subject to US income tax. Some countries (don't know about France) will also tax you if you are residing there while working. Some countries have reciprocal tax treaties with the US, some don't. You need to make sure.
Virtually every country is going to tax you for income you earned while in their country.
To make it worse, some countries (Kazahstan was one that hit me once) have a policy that if you are in their country more than 182 days in a calendar year, your entire world wide income is subject to their income tax, not just the income you got while in their country. And they don't have a tax treaty with the US. So if you land in one of those countries you could get taxed twice.
DR Congo, for instance, has an income tax for foreigners of 90%. (Or at least they did in 1999 when I was there.) Though you're probably not headed there, you should look at income tax rates for foreigners if you leave the US.
If you stay in the US, think about state income tax. If you maintain a legal residence in New York, for example, but park your RV in California they will both try to tax you.
Bottom line, talk to a tax expert to make sure you don't accidentally hurt your finances.