As I wrote there is lot of hidden stuff such as taxes payed by employer plus social and health insurance. I don't care how it is called officially. It is calcul

As I wrote there is lot of hidden stuff such as taxes payed by employer plus social and health insurance. I don't care how it is called officially. It is calculated as percentage from income and one may go to jail for not paying it. There are also non-income taxes such as 60 percent VAT on petrol. I am not French (Czech living in Ireland), so I dont know what is situation exactly, but I bet it is not much different. In Czech Republic I payed about 55% tax from my 1500 euro/month salary (bellow average for Prague). From wiki you linked: > Taxes paid by employers on wages, namely social contributions, are not considered as taxes by the French central government.