Monday, May 09, 2005
who pays the most taxes?
over at tehsoapbox.net, i have a several-years-ongoing debate with wilful, a liberal from oz, about fiscal policy. i'm looking for feedback on my numbers here, they may be wrong and they are incomplete - how much do people in other countries pay in taxes? results in dollars please.
wilful wrote:
Said it before, say it again. Americans have amongst the lowest taxes yet are the biggest whiners about them.
population 300 million.
ave income $38K/yr (gnp /people)
ave tax 44%.
so taxes per person around $16,700/yr. round down to $15K.
Which countries (excluding luxemburg, vatican city, brunei, etc.)
have taxes higher than $15k/yr?
(not rhetorical, i don't know.)
I'm guessing not india, china, any african country, most of europe.
probably japan and germany?
germany per capita gnp 28K
sweden $28,500
japan $29,500
uk, netherlands $29,500
mexico with $9,600 has a tax rate of 10%, not counting another 10% in bribes.
over at tehsoapbox.net, i have a several-years-ongoing debate with wilful, a liberal from oz, about fiscal policy. i'm looking for feedback on my numbers here, they may be wrong and they are incomplete - how much do people in other countries pay in taxes? results in dollars please.
wilful wrote:
Said it before, say it again. Americans have amongst the lowest taxes yet are the biggest whiners about them.
population 300 million.
ave income $38K/yr (gnp /people)
ave tax 44%.
so taxes per person around $16,700/yr. round down to $15K.
Which countries (excluding luxemburg, vatican city, brunei, etc.)
have taxes higher than $15k/yr?
(not rhetorical, i don't know.)
I'm guessing not india, china, any african country, most of europe.
probably japan and germany?
germany per capita gnp 28K
sweden $28,500
japan $29,500
uk, netherlands $29,500
mexico with $9,600 has a tax rate of 10%, not counting another 10% in bribes.
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