the most taxed nations on earth

[nikimcbee]

Originally Posted by Happy Times

What a middle income earning Finn pays from his every paycheck automatically.

29% divided as follows.

54% Communal income tax
21% State income tax
14% Pension fee
4% Church tax (Yes they have the right to tax you if you belong to the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland.)
7% Unemployment fee and medical insurance fee.

After this comes the high VAT, gas tax, energy tax, car tax, property tax etc...

interesting. Church tax wtf?
http://www.taxrates.cc/html/finland-tax-rates.html

[Gerald]

The members of Church of Sweden pay church tax, which varies between municipalities, but can be as much as 2%

[Penguin]

Originally Posted by Happy Times

What a middle income earning Finn pays from his every paycheck automatically.

29% divided as follows.

54% Communal income tax
21% State income tax
14% Pension fee
4% Church tax (Yes they have the right to tax you if you belong to the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland.)
7% Unemployment fee and medical insurance fee.

After this comes the high VAT, gas tax, energy tax, car tax, property tax etc...

interesting ., didn't know about the finnish system, I only know the swedish and a littlwe about the danish one. Though I assume that the income tax and VAT goes also towards pensions, medical and unemployment, otherwise I couldn't explain the huge difference to Germany in these areas.

Here it's about:

37% in total, divided into (may not add up to 100 for rounding reasons):

37% income tax (federal + communal)
2% "Solidarity surcharge" (for East Germany - yes, still 20 years after the reunification )
3.7% church charge
22.5% medical insurance
38% pension insurance
4% unemployment fee
3.5% fostering fee (for old people's care - not included in the medical)

VAT is 19% on most goods, 7% for some stuff, like groceries, train tickets or books

in the end we pay as much as the Finns, but get as much as the Americans - somehow in the worst of both (tax) worlds...

[Happy Times]

Originally Posted by nikimcbee

interesting. Church tax wtf?
http://www.taxrates.cc/html/finland-tax-rates.html

Finland imposes both inheritance and gift tax.. The minimum taxable amount for inheritance taxation is EUR 20,000 and for gift tax EUR 4,000. Tax rates for both inheritance and gift tax will vary from 10% to 32%, depending on who is the receiver of the inheritance or gift.

This is true and one of the most hated taxes in the country, its just plain wrong to tax something that has been allready taxed.

But want to hear the newest and craziest scheme the blood suckers have brought up?

They are thinking about taxing those that have a home that they own.
So that they wouldnt get it easier than those that live in rent or have a loan!
In top of insurance, property tax and maintenance bills.
These socialists have infiltrated the whole system, they probably dont understand the concept of owning something.

Forest and fields are now free of property tax but im sure that is the next target they will get their hands on.

I own lands that have been in the family for centuries.
Finland has allways had majority freemen as the rural population that no kings or lords were able to put in serfdom.
Now these blood thirsty byrocrats want to enslave the populace that is too stubborn and independent to their ideology.