I Am A Greek Citizen Working In The Uk Do I Pay Double Taxes

Is it unreasonable to expect all Greek citizens to begin paying taxes as a condition of bailout by the EU?

First, the question should be "are the taxes the Greek people are asked to pay reasonable and/or  undoubtedly legal?" The sort answer to this is "no" and "no". I am not saying that our tax system was sane 6 years ago, but these last years, the Greek governments are adding taxes over taxes plus some more taxes on the same already taxed incomes and properties in an effort to collect some cash. The result is that for many people it is impossible to pay all these and also several of those taxes are against the law or illegally enforced so even if they get collected, sooner or later some court(s) will demand that they are returned.Second, if "Greeks do not pay taxes" is this all the Greeks or some categories who evade? If it is some categories, who are they? Why are they allowed to do so? This could start a very big discussion but anyway, my personal experience is that there are no more evaders in Greece than there are in most other countries. What makes evasion in Greece a bleeding wound is not the girl who baby-sits for a few hours per week "in the black" or the cheese-pie seller who does not give receipts (strange enough, I never happen on sellers who do not give receipts but I hear there are some). Those people, even if they did pay their taxes, they would add very little to the coffins anyway. Evasion in Greece is mainly committed by a protected oligarchy, and I doubt that anything will be done about them within the next years apart publishing lists with names in the newspapers and calculating amounts.Third, are these taxes rewarding, do they become schools, hospitals, roads etc? Are they used to pay useful public employees like teachers, doctors, policemen? That would be an even bigger discussion.So, to answer your question, I think yes, it is unreasonable to expect all Greek citizens to "begin" paying taxes as a condition of bailout. Many Greeks cannot pay their taxes anymore, also other Greeks will never pay their taxes just because they are allowed not to pay them. As for the majority, the non-evading Greek taxpayers, I suspect that such a condition would make many of them to consider seriously to stop paying in an effort to boycott the bailouts.

I am a US citizen and live in the US but I work remotely for a Danish company. Do I file taxes as if I am self-employed?

You are either an independent contractor, or you are an employee. As Kevyn Nightingale has suggested, the determination is based on your specific facts and circumstances. Note that if the facts and circumstances surrounding your situation support a determination that you are an employee, your employer is violating US law by not withholding the appropriate taxes. There is a totalization agreement between the US and Denmark, and that agreement specifies that US-based employees are subject to US law for Social Security, so if you are an employee, your Danish-based employer is expected to comply with US law on SS and Medicare withholding when you are based in the US.If you believe you are an employee based on your facts and circumstances, then the proper path for you to follow would be to:File Form 4852 (substitute W-2) to report your compensation, since you didn't receive a W-2;Report your compensation on Line 7 of Form 1040;File Form 8919 to report and pay your share of the unpaid Social Security and Medicare taxes, using Reason Code G;Separately, file Form SS-8, requesting a determination of your status for purposes of employment taxes and withholding.Many people in your situation opt not to challenge the employer in this way, largely because it does involve the risk of losing the job. I'm sympathetic to that position, however I think in the long run you wind up costing yourself more by not challenging employers - who are, after all, violating the law by calling employees "independent contractors" yet retaining employee-level control over their working conditions.By the way, your Danish employer should at least have provided you with Form 1099-MISC, assuming you earned at least $600.

How do I avoid double taxation, while I'm earning in the US and paying taxes in the US, when my status is that of an ordinary resident?

First of all it depends upon your residential status i.e whether you are resident or non-resident or resident and ordinary resident as per income tax act,1961.What is resident, non-resident, resident and ordinary resident?The  problem arises when they are told that as per the globally accepted  norms, if a taxpayer is resident in one country but has a source of  income situated in another country, there is a situation at hand where  his income is taxed in both countries, or Double Taxation occurs. To  avoid double taxation, you can use the DOUBLE TAXATION AVOIDANCE  AGREEMENT between India and US. As per the double taxation avoidance  agreement, you can use any one of these two methods to avoid double  taxation of your income.Under this method, income is taxed in only one of the two countries as per the terms of the treaty with countries like Greece, Libya and  United Arab Republic, income from dividend , Interest, royalty and fees  for technical services are applicable. Under this method, Tax  paid in the country of source is deducted from the Global income and  then on residual amount income tax is paid.For more queries relating to income tax visit http://www.finmart.com