Why are you so pessimist ?
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Well it does sound delicious and the tourists love it as it is completely locally owned and staffed.Marinaris wrote:MangoButtar for the win then !
Much better than lining the pockets of some profiteering barang.
You can actually visit their house to see where they make it. It just breaks your heart to see the conditions some of these people live in. Makes you want to buy a few extra jars just to help them out.
When I visited, some prick had even parked his Lexus in front of their house - don’t know whose car it was but they had just left in front of this poor locals business premises.
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Doing business here is tough.
If it is a small operation, not really a problem, but when you are a larger business or an incorporated business and on the tax radar and with a dozen plus employees, it takes on a whole new dimension.
It is not to say that it is not rewarding. But as a newcomer without contacts you will find it difficult. I know may successful people her, some who have made millions, but I have seen hundreds come and go blowing everything they had.
I bought into my first business here in 2003, after 7 trips ranging from a week to a month. Things were way simple back then, thing are not simple now.
My advice is start small, do not incorporate and do not invest what you cannot afford to lose.
If it is a small operation, not really a problem, but when you are a larger business or an incorporated business and on the tax radar and with a dozen plus employees, it takes on a whole new dimension.
It is not to say that it is not rewarding. But as a newcomer without contacts you will find it difficult. I know may successful people her, some who have made millions, but I have seen hundreds come and go blowing everything they had.
I bought into my first business here in 2003, after 7 trips ranging from a week to a month. Things were way simple back then, thing are not simple now.
My advice is start small, do not incorporate and do not invest what you cannot afford to lose.
Note to self: Must be nice to morons.
If you don't pay taxes (and don't speak the language) you will be in trouble. If you do pay taxes (and don't speak the language) you will be in bigger trouble. 1000's of (foreign) small businesses have got by in the past avoiding the tax net, but the tax authorities are bearing down ever tighter these days.
Good luck.
Good luck.