the situation in most legal systems is they have a type of taxable entity called a "natural person". just to repeat: taxable entity. i found out the hard way it's better to register for this tax "person" category when one is a freelancer. corporations have wind-up costs that are ridiculous, and as happened in my case, they granted zero of my refunds for EU VAT on my working hardware and software costs. idk if my bookkeepers were bullshit or what but honestly the only way i'm doing any of that shit is if i can manage it myself. claude is fantastic at navigating legislations and most likely i would actually get my goddamn refunds this way. idk why anyone thinks 20% sales tax is ok, but fuck the EU, that's why i'm leaving, that's such a drag on my ability to accumulate. i'm 50 years old still with no home, and i actually think that most people don't realise they are effectively homeless the moment the government decides it. i'm moving somewhere that it's honest and i pay a long term lease on my land, fine, that's how it is, governments claim superior title. better to deal with the thing as it actually is than pretend that you can be a sovereign. maybe in some future world after this fiat world falls apart but that will probably also mean the collapse of the internet and technological production systems. so i'm planning accordingly.