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> people in Germany and most people believe they pay too much taxes 100% this. The average worker pays too much indeed. Mega-corporations and the super-rich do

• mariusor 2y ago
  I'm not sure about which taxes you're talking about, but employees pay about 50% of the taxes for any of their workers' income. I think this is the same for Germany as a lot of other countries in the EU.
  • Frieren 2y ago
    > but employees pay about 50% of the taxes for any of their workers' income That is wrong. Employers pay a small fraction of taxes per each one of their employees. I think that there is a big problem with education and the tax system. When people thinks that the "employer part of the salary tax" is 50% of the employee tax we are failing to provide education to our own citizens. And I think that HN readers are more informed that the average person. But this is by design. Misinformed citizens have a more difficult time realizing how much money big corporations and the rich are stealing.
    • mariusor 2y ago
      Sure, go ahead and insult me instead of providing any actual facts. Now, I've searched for the actual contributions, and indeed the actual income tax is not covered by the employer at all. The only parts of the full levied amount that are shared 50% are: pension, unemployment, health and long-term care insurance, (plus some other things that the employee doesn't have to pay). So in the end it's about 1/3 (or under that based on tax class) of the total levied amount that gets covered by the employer. (PS. All of this for Germany, cribbed from one of those tax calculator websites)