my sister lives in Europe and so does most of my family. they do not EVEN KNOW what their pre-tax pay is!!! when she interviews and does salary negotiations the

my sister lives in Europe and so does most of my family. they do not EVEN KNOW what their pre-tax pay is!!! when she interviews and does salary negotiations the number she gets is the number that will deposited into her bank account that will be at her disposal. several years ago my sister needed a visa to go to UK and they actually asked for this - part of the paperwork was asking for her pre-tax earnings. it took her about a week to figure out where she could get this from...