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**robinthesearchmasterh** · 07-20-2006, 12:47 PM

Totally off the topic but i was reading over my boyfriends payslip and the tax seems to be quite high there, federal tax, state tax etc, is it not more expensive there than the UK??

Most people fall within the 15% tax bracket - those that you would refer to as the middle class. That's for federal taxes. Now, each state varies in whether it has an income tax and to what percentage (usually below 1.5%), or doesn't have one, such as Florida, Texas, and Kentucky. You didn't say where your b/f is located, or I missed it. You can usually find out what a state's income tax is by going to that particular state's website, usually www.state.XX.gov, where the XX is the abbreviation for that state. Then go to the Government section, Executive branch, and Departments and Agencies. You should see something that refers to taxation.

I've read that such progressive countries as Sweden charge a 48% income tax - so I don't consider 15% to be very high. You could live in D.C., and not be allowed to vote, yet still be taxed to pay for the government services in which you have no say. (Didn't we in the U.S. fight a war because of taxation without representation? Seems to me I recall studying about it in history.)

07-20-2006, 12:47 PM	#39
robinthesearchmasterh Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 390 Senior Member	Totally off the topic but i was reading over my boyfriends payslip and the tax seems to be quite high there, federal tax, state tax etc, is it not more expensive there than the UK?? Most people fall within the 15% tax bracket - those that you would refer to as the middle class. That's for federal taxes. Now, each state varies in whether it has an income tax and to what percentage (usually below 1.5%), or doesn't have one, such as Florida, Texas, and Kentucky. You didn't say where your b/f is located, or I missed it. You can usually find out what a state's income tax is by going to that particular state's website, usually www.state.XX.gov, where the XX is the abbreviation for that state. Then go to the Government section, Executive branch, and Departments and Agencies. You should see something that refers to taxation. I've read that such progressive countries as Sweden charge a 48% income tax - so I don't consider 15% to be very high. You could live in D.C., and not be allowed to vote, yet still be taxed to pay for the government services in which you have no say. (Didn't we in the U.S. fight a war because of taxation without representation? Seems to me I recall studying about it in history.)
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