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notheranontoo at 2024-02-14 02:04:05+00:00 ID:
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Sure and then they also pay about 50% in taxes so essentially $11/h…. They can live on it but this is minimum wage and only enough to just survive.
maedli at 2024-02-14 05:49:35+00:00 ID:
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No, they do not pay about 50% in taxes.
notheranontoo at 2024-02-14 05:51:23+00:00 ID:
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How much do they pay in taxes then? I used to live in DK and paid roughly 50% in tax so was estimating.
maedli at 2024-02-14 06:00:20+00:00 ID:
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You must have been making a lot of money then. A McD worker would pay around 30-35% in taxes.
madmandendk at 2024-02-14 05:57:20+00:00 ID:
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Around 31-32% before deductions.
Damn-ish at 2024-02-14 06:24:17+00:00 ID:
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38% I think, but then theres also “skattefradrag” (tax deduction) - like personfradrag, beskæftigelsesfradrag, servicefradrag, kørselsfradrag, or rentefradrag - so it is a bit more complex than just saying “38%”
mil1980 at 2024-02-14 12:22:00+00:00 ID:
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More than half of the Danes pay less than 1/3 of their income in taxes. The median is about 27%.
Spicy-Zamboni at 2024-02-14 05:54:15+00:00 ID:
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Nobody pays even close to 50% in taxes. My tax rate is 37% and after some pretty good deductions because of my mortgage and compensation for a 25km each way commute and various other things, it ends up more like 30% effectively.
The marginal tax rate is over 50%, but that's only on very high incomes and only on the part that's over the amount where that tax band starts. And if your income is that high, you probably have even higher deductibles and stock options etc. etc. so it's not just straight income.
notheranontoo at 2024-02-14 06:02:59+00:00 ID:
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Ok so say someone is paid $22/h w a 37% tax rate then essentially they are only getting about $14/h after tax… so 3 bucks more than my estimate…
madmandendk at 2024-02-14 06:06:56+00:00 ID:
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I'd say a 27% difference in pay is quite a lot.
InsensitiveClod76 at 2024-02-14 06:34:53+00:00 ID:
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This is misleading. The danish tax includes health insurance (and other stuff). You have to compare the 14$ with what the US McD worker has, after he has paid to a comparable health insurance.
Spicy-Zamboni at 2024-02-14 07:45:15+00:00 ID:
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Sure, and they get free healthcare, 6 weeks of vacation, welfare, state pension, free education end even getting paid to get a higher education, just off the top of my head.