> I've found 71% for a scenario of 70k€. It's not even clear what you are talking about. Anyway what I meant is that you are adding, VAT, income taxes and empl

> I've found 71% for a scenario of 70k€. It's not even clear what you are talking about. Anyway what I meant is that you are adding, VAT, income taxes and employment taxes, It makes no sense because they all have a different "Assiette fiscale" (sorry no idea of the translation, it mean that their cost are based on different amounts i.e. benefit vs revenue vs salaries). > Requires citation Xavier Niel: "France is a tax heaven" [0] Plus my own experience of parisian entrepreneurs / startups. Most of them are ramen profitable from the start just because of the R&D grants and other subsidies. [0] http://www.latribune.fr/technos-medias/20131011trib000790084/xavier-niel-a-sciences-po-la-france-est-un-paradis-fiscal-.html http://www.latribune.fr/technos-medias/20131011trib000790084...