We can either have american level taxes, or continental european level public services, not both. There’s no point bragging about low taxes when you have to go private for a basic consultation because there’s a year long waiting list
Mccantty on
The kicker here is the average wage, would like to see this as a dollar / euro amount versus %
ban_jaxxed on
Wtc with Germany?
FearTeas on
For Ireland, I think this is only factoring in income tax and not including PRSI, USC or tax credits.
The average salary in Ireland is about €45k. That’s slightly above the standard rate cut off and the standard rate of tax is 20%. So that’s probably why the chart shows average salary as being slightly above 20%.
If you add in PRSI and the USC it jumps up to 26%. But when you apply tax credits you get an effective tax rate of about 17%. That would bring the tax on the average salary down around where Japan is. But who knows what additional taxes and credits aren’t being applied to Japan or any other country.
yetindeed on
That’s income tax, do capital gains tax. That’s where Ireland is ridiculous. It penalizes any Irish person for investing in stocks or a business, the responsible thing to do with savings.
Uwlogged on
Apart from unemployment and pension we really dont see any return personally on our taxes.
If you have kids, for schooling you’ve still got to pay for uniforms, books, and donations. University isn’t free from costs, you’ve got to pay ever increasing “registration” fees.
Public transport isn’t free and depending on where you live isn’t reliable.
Healthcare isn’t free and the wait times and treatments are so subpar considering we’re one of the highest healthcare investments in the world per our gdp.
Childcare is not cheap.
Public sector wages are not good at lower levels.
In Fance on your wage slip you see accountability for where your taxes go and to what initiatives. We get no transparency or oversight. Where do all our contributions go?
MBMD13 on
Insert meme: “I don’t know what a Tracker Mortgage is” except it’s me and this graph. 📊 😵💫
bonjurkes on
Now make graph of what each country gets in return of their paid taxes
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We can either have american level taxes, or continental european level public services, not both. There’s no point bragging about low taxes when you have to go private for a basic consultation because there’s a year long waiting list
The kicker here is the average wage, would like to see this as a dollar / euro amount versus %
Wtc with Germany?
For Ireland, I think this is only factoring in income tax and not including PRSI, USC or tax credits.
The average salary in Ireland is about €45k. That’s slightly above the standard rate cut off and the standard rate of tax is 20%. So that’s probably why the chart shows average salary as being slightly above 20%.
If you add in PRSI and the USC it jumps up to 26%. But when you apply tax credits you get an effective tax rate of about 17%. That would bring the tax on the average salary down around where Japan is. But who knows what additional taxes and credits aren’t being applied to Japan or any other country.
That’s income tax, do capital gains tax. That’s where Ireland is ridiculous. It penalizes any Irish person for investing in stocks or a business, the responsible thing to do with savings.
Apart from unemployment and pension we really dont see any return personally on our taxes.
If you have kids, for schooling you’ve still got to pay for uniforms, books, and donations. University isn’t free from costs, you’ve got to pay ever increasing “registration” fees.
Public transport isn’t free and depending on where you live isn’t reliable.
Healthcare isn’t free and the wait times and treatments are so subpar considering we’re one of the highest healthcare investments in the world per our gdp.
Childcare is not cheap.
Public sector wages are not good at lower levels.
In Fance on your wage slip you see accountability for where your taxes go and to what initiatives. We get no transparency or oversight. Where do all our contributions go?
Insert meme: “I don’t know what a Tracker Mortgage is” except it’s me and this graph. 📊 😵💫
Now make graph of what each country gets in return of their paid taxes