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> Income tax ~40% Actual or marginal? Makes a big difference to your calcs. I worry when I see people quote their marginal rate because it shows a fundamental
by robocat 2y ago
> Income tax ~40%
Actual or marginal?
Makes a big difference to your calcs. I worry when I see people quote their marginal rate because it shows a fundamental ignorance of finance. I know nothing about Germany, but in NZ top marginal rate is 39% and actual tax rate is below that.
- jacobr1 2y agoDepends on if you account for just tax, or tax, soli, social security, and given it is baveria - church tax. Some back of the envelope calculations would put the effective rate for tax+soli+church at ~25%. Add another 20% for social security to make that 45%. The marginal rate would be something like 42% tax + 5.5% soli * .42 + 8% church * .42 ~= 47% The socials include pension+unemployment+healthcare+long-term-care