There are some countries who tax rule says if you are working in their country for certain days, you have to pay income tax to them. Meaning you are a tax resident.
My question is, how does the country know I am becoming a tax resident? If one forgets to pay it voluntarily after staying for a certain period and attempts to leave the country, it's not like their border officer will catch you at the departure kiosk and charge you the tax, right?
For example, one can enter the country as a tourist and then stay/travel/working long enough to become a tax resident and not overstay. Does the border office somehow notify the government of his entry and then the timer starts ticking?
Does it work on a honor system in general? How do they enforce it?
Business activities on tourist visa are allowed.
Theres nothing inherently illegals about working remotely for a month or so on tourist visa.
Illegally working in tourist visa = obtaining and working a job within the country.
And then obviously if you stay for a extended period of time and work remotely then you fall into a weird zone where youre. Tx resident in that country and need some kind of visa
Yes, on the first.
The second is wrong. Working is not Business.
I’ve always found this a little weird though. Like, you can go to a country for business meetings, but you can’t “work”. What if you’re an executive, and basically all of your job is meetings?
It's a grey area. Countries have laws against foreigners working on tourist visas to protect the domestic workforce. Most really do not give a crap unless you are working there on a digital nomad visa long enough to become a tax resident, and taking in enough cash that tracking down your potential taxes is worth their time