Surprisingly I know this, and am indifferent
you actually see something for the taxes you pay, while here a fair proportion appears to go to people who do not wish to work and/or protest against our way of life.
Cost of living there is substantially lower in many ways which compensates and indirect taxes tend to be lower.
Income Tax is a pointless value in the UK as there are so many other ways that the government puts hands into our pockets.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...centage_of_GDP
Ah btw the health insurance / social security premium is taken into account with the lower brackets of tax, the actual income tax rates are 2.35% and 10.85% for the lower two brackets but this is boosted as the premiums are taken into account and capped to an income of 30,015 euro.
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The Netherlands has partly a progressive tax rate. In the very past the highest income bracket in the Netherlands was 72%, in 1990 the highest income bracket became 60% and in 2001 it became 52%. The brackets now are 2.35%, 10.85%, 42% and 52%. But the first two brackets also contains the Social Security payments (premiums, AOW, ANW and AWBZ), making it effectively 33.5%, 42%, 42% and 52%.
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