Income Tax
Eurocontrol employees *DO* pay income tax. This is a running mis-ident that circulates around Europe causing confusion, envy and sometimes abuse.
However, the income tax is not a national income tax, but an international tax, similar to the European Communities - it works out around between 40% and 50%. The idea being that as it is an international organisation funded by over 30 member states, it would not be fair if only one state (where the place of employment is located) was getting all the tax. The tax paid is an average of all member states and is redistributed evenly to them all.
What is not usually spread around is that Eurocontrol employees do *NOT* benefit from the national taxation rules(e.g. tax reduction on mortgage payments etc.). This is a swings-and-roundabouts debate - if you think the salaries seem higher, there is a cost to it.
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