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chmod775 • today at 1:36 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

If you make 90k in Germany, you pay around 36k to mandatory (varying degrees) insurance/pension plus taxes if you're single. About 19.5k of that are actual taxes. If you're married/have children that total can drop to ~30k and will include health insurance for your entire family unit.


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criddell • today at 2:01 PM

If these people are to be believed, tax freedom day (the day you stop paying taxes and start paying yourself) in Germany is July 11 so just over 50%.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_Freedom_Day

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ajmurmann • today at 2:03 PM

Don't forget VAT

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