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There are different countries with different taxes. And in some they can get close to 50%
Marginal tax rate in California is about 50% for highest bracket (37% federal + 12.3% state).
But 60k is nowhere near that number of course (and effective tax rate is lower than marginal). I'd be surprised if there are any countries where income at ~4x poverty line (for an individual) would have anything near a 50% tax rate, but I could be wrong...
that CA tax was copied from the us tax office website's calculator. It does it by city, not just state, which I thought was interesting. (That number was from San Fran)
Out of curiosity, I looked up one of the highest taxed countries in the world: Finland.
$60,000usd = 54,133.80 Euro, with a take home of only € 31,447 (averaged tax rate of 41.9%, 53.2% on the marginal), which is $34,850usd
So, if Vampire@hexbear was thinking about Finland...
He gets a pass. (He wasn't, and OOP was using $, not €, but your point is otherwise valid!)
yes and no. Yes, you can get up to 98% tax rate, I'm sure - but that's not how tax brackets work.
also, OOP is from the USA.