On Tue, 21 Aug 2012, "Trent W. Buck" <trentbuck@gmail.com> wrote:
And there isn't one, if absence of obligations imposed by the state is what you want, except perhaps Somalia, where there hasn't been an effective government since 1991. Of course, there are strong reasons not to live there...
He could potentially live in international waters or a micronation (e.g. sealand) -- I don't know offhand what kind of government "interference" he'd be subjected to in such cases.
If you don't want income tax then one legal option is to move regularly and spend less than 3 months of the year in every country. Some years ago I was advised by an accountant that international tax agreements (which cover the EU, Australia, the US, and probably every other place you want to visit) mean that if you spend less than 3 months in a country in a tax year you aren't subject to income tax. This of course requires that you have some fairly specialised skills that aren't location dependent. For example a fiction author could travel the world while writing or someone working from remote for a computer company could periodically move between countries with good net access. Of course the TeaBaggers lack such skills so they have to pay tax no matter where they are. Also there is sales tax which applies pretty much everywhere you would want to buy something.
Likewise he could go to some shitty little island where the effective level of government is negligible, if only because the president is Fred Nurk who is a farmer by day and only does the presidenting on saturday afternoons, etc. If any of those still exist, and are recognized by the rest of the world as being legitimate nation-states (cf. e.g. Hutt River Province).
UAE is a somewhat developed country that has almost no tax. However it's long-term future doesn't look good (if nothing else tax will be needed once the oil runs out) and it has an appalling human rights record. I definitely wouldn't want to be subject to their "justice" system. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/