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Some dude I met who was previously working in Germany told me he came to Australia because tax was too high in Germany. He told me confidently that it was 40-something percent, flat tax when you earn over a certain amount. I queried if that was the top tax bracket and he told me no. I was shocked at high the marginal tax rate was based on that.
Turns out, despite being a highly specialised metal machinist, he doesn’t know shit, and Germany has tax brackets like everywhere else…
People are astoundingly uninformed.
Can’t he just, you know, look at his pre and post tax income and do some fucking math?
I know some Estonians working in Finland refuse raises because that puts them in the next tax bracket.
But then those are mostly construction workers and the stereotypes for Estonians who go to Finland for construction work are… Eh, not flattering. Not saying there aren’t smart people, but it’s also a super common “career path” for people who drop out of school here in Estonia. Or used to be, anyway.