I am negotiating for an job offer with an potential employer in Basel. I have 11 years of experience with IT project management and negotiating for 130k CHF offer in Basel, which is about to finalise. I am planning to work from Freiburg, Germany and daily commute to Basel. But i did not yet disclose this information to my potential employer.
I would like to know whether the salary package will differ if i say i would live in freiburg, germany and commute to Basel for work as i need to pay tax in swiss and also in german.
AFAIK, this will rather depend on the rules and regulations governing your permit. Very often it stipulates that you have to live where you work, but others who are better versed in these things will doubtless let you know.
Others who do this can tell you better, but when we recently moved to Basel it didn't seem to be worth it to live in Germany.
For tax, you pay Swiss tax, then German tax topped up to the total amount you would pay if you worked in Germany.
Although rents/houses are cheaper in Germany, this is offset by the extra tax. I have a number of German colleagues who choose to live in Basel, even one from Freiburg!
One benefit of Germany is that if you want to buy, houses are cheaper. Also lifestyle/culture is slightly different, which may suit you more. A friend lives in a small village in France just over the border because that is the experience he and his family wants.
In general we love living in Basel, and you can go shopping in Germany/France, where some stuff (but surprisingly not all) is cheaper.
Hope that helps. Maybe someone who does the Germany commute thing can comment too.
Are you EU or non-EU and if the latter, have you lived in Germany in the border zone already for several years?
Tens of thousands of people work in CH but commute from F and G. Few will earn less just because they happen to live across the border. Well there's been wage dumping for sure, but that's not your problem at this point. Your offer will not change if you choose to live elsewhere. Unless it's a really crappy company and then you don't want to work there anyway I reckon. Whether it's worth living across the border or not is up to you. Most say it makes no difference, financially. And of course see above, your nationality will determine whether you can even live wherever you please or not.
You. Again. With exactly the same questions you've been asking all year.
You don't deserve anymore help. If you haven't managed to sort yourself with all the advice that has been given so far then you're either a troll, or stupid. I'm going with stupid.
And this chap will be running projects for some multinat in Basel . I hope it's not one of my clients. But if someone new turns up, I'll ensure that their CV gets validated. OTOH, I did a similar job 15 years ago and got paid more than that, so perhaps low level.