[Leonidas]

Ah, yet another reason not to go off on any adventurous employments.

Other than that whole getting shot or blown up thing.

It does answer a question that has been bugging me for a while. A friend called about such an adventure. It was for a lot more than 100K, but it involved a split assignment. Spend some time across the seas and figure out what needs to be done, come back and teach the feriners what they need to know, and then go back and help them apply it in their homeland. The whole gig was for less than a year and the time spent abroad was about six months - split into two visits. I told him that the money sounded really sweet, but the taxes were going to be murder. He said, "Yeah, I asked them about that and they said it probably wouldn't really matter anyway. I don't know what that means, but it sounds bad."

And now I know why they were willing to pay so much money.

I wonder how that is going to change some companies contracts for long-term overseas gigs. The first $80K not being taxed was verrry sweet.