Originally Posted by
Roj approved
Very true, but we pay 42% plus 10% GST plus land tax, Stamp duty etc, so it's still pretty high, and we don't have the world class education system they have amongst other things they do well. It would be a good study to see the relative cost of living Finland v AUS, but maybe that is for a different thread.
The actual percentage of your salary you pay to tax/ML etc isn't anywhere near 42% though is it? At "worst" it must be around 35-36% of your total salary