The richest 1% in the Netherlands pay relatively less tax than everyone else and their incomes have risen more sharply, according to new calculations by the government’s macro-economic forecasting agency CPB. Earlier research, based on figures from 2016, showed that people on the highest incomes pay less tax and the new figures, based on the period 2011 to 2019, paint a similar picture. The very richest, or 0.01% of the population, paid a tax rate of some 28%, well below the 40% paid by people with average incomes...
Everyone’s saying rich aren’t paying their fair share. No one is saying the Dutch are getting taken to the cleaners with taxes. Why not simply lower the tax rate of all non rich people to, like, 0.
Everyone’s saying rich aren’t paying their fair share. No one is saying the Dutch are getting taken to the cleaners with taxes. Why not simply lower the tax rate of all non rich people to, like, 0.
I would happily pay a 40% tax rate for good public services including healthcare.
They have the 2nd highest quality of life index of all countries, with 1st being Luxembourg which is right next to them
As a Dutchy is still don’t mind paying it, but it’s actually 49% in the highest bracket. 3 years ago it was 51%.
It steep but everyone can have a and fitting good education.