TAX SURVEY: Is the grass greener?
Since we have lots of nationalities on here, I thought we could do a quick comparison of taxes... overall deductions including compulsory state social security schemes in US$ please. Approximate figures are good. Here goes for the UK and the Netherlands
UK
Salary
0 - 6000 tax free
6000 - 9000 20% (10% income tax + 10% social security)
9000 - 37000 32% (22% income tax + 10% social security)
37000 - 44000 22%
44000+ 40%
Sales Tax/VAT/GST
17.5% usually included in price
Netherlands
Salary
0 - 3000 tax free
3000 - 9000 35.75% (29.55% income tax, 6.2% social security)
9000 - 21000 37.05% (29.55% income tax, 7.5% social security)
21000 - 45000 50%
45000 + 60%
Sales Tax/VAT/GST
19% usually included in price