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...
The Dutch equivalent to the IRS, but yes, probably… And that’s for a “progressive” country like the Netherlands. For other places this income and tax disparity is potentially* even higher.
I could have said de belastingdienst. But then ppl might think i had a slight stroke :)
Oh and for the progressive? That went out the window a few years ago. We are actually heading in the opposite direction. At least when it comes to drugs, lgbtq and stuff
Ha that sounds like “burdening” in Danish. Funny your IRS is called that.
Here it’s called SKAT which is the same word we use for “darling”, also a bit ironic IMO.
The Dutch equivalent to the IRS, but yes, probably… And that’s for a “progressive” country like the Netherlands. For other places this income and tax disparity is potentially* even higher.
I could have said de belastingdienst. But then ppl might think i had a slight stroke :)
Oh and for the progressive? That went out the window a few years ago. We are actually heading in the opposite direction. At least when it comes to drugs, lgbtq and stuff
Fair enough haha, saw someone already struggle with Wageningen B-Series propellers recently. Belastingdienst is a magnitude worse to read/pronounce…
I also meant relatively progressive, as you’ll agree it’s still better than many other places we consider 1st world.
Well to be fair the g’s in there are quit hard for someone not dutch. Should try Scheveningen that one is always fun. Or ‘s-Hertogenbosch
For the long den bosh, you just skip the 's, right?
Well you say the s and h together sh its old spelling no one uses it anymore really
Ha that sounds like “burdening” in Danish. Funny your IRS is called that.
Here it’s called SKAT which is the same word we use for “darling”, also a bit ironic IMO.
Skat? Haha, that has a different meaning in english
I’m guessing you mean a word that is pronounced the same, but with a c instead of k?
That’s actually kind of fitting. lol
Edit:
Ah it can also be a type of singing? Let’s go with that.
Indeed. See Scatman john. The song is about type speaking. But i originally was not thinking of that tbh haha
Well that seems about right “belasting” if translated literally is sort of like putting pressure on things. So a burden :)
Oh yeah, here in the States they pay the “what are taxes?” rate