Even the US had a 94% tax rate on income over $200,000 in 1944 and 1945: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Income_tax_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org

Even the US had a 94% tax rate on income over $200,000 in 1944 and 1945: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Income_tax_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Income_tax_in_the_United_State... Mind you - at the same time it looks like the UK had a comparable taxation rate of over 99%.