中年ET

Apr 23rd 2009  From Economist.com

Where top rates of income tax are highest

ON WEDNESDAY April 22nd, Britain's finance minister announced that from April 2010 a new 50% rate of income tax will be levied on high earners. This will be among the highest top rate of income tax in the world's richest countries, with only Sweden taking more. But taxation is rarely simple. At $218,055, the income level at which Britain's new rate kicks in is considerably higher than in Sweden or Belgium. Switzerland and America may seem softer on their high earners, but local income taxes could bump up the top rate in those countries to over 40%.

4/22英國的財務大臣宣布

2010四月起新所得稅稅率是50%  海削那些高所得者

這將是全球高所得國家當中第二高的一個高所得稅率

只有瑞典贏過他(前提是其他國家都沒有增加稅率的計畫的話)

可是稅收通常沒這麼簡單

如果你收入是$218,055＜$218,100 (第二級高所得者)

英國的新所得稅率就比瑞典及比利時高了！

瑞士跟美國也許猛一看比較好

可是實際上還有地方所得稅  加起來total可能也超過40%

事實上美國還有州稅  之前我也被拿了10幾趴

消費稅幹也快要10%

想想我現在在台灣只要交6%簡直是天堂

然後我還要扶養雙親+老姐+姪子+房貸

我以後每年都可以退稅吧  哈