The ratio is represented by (1) the size of the disc, (2) the position on the Y axis, and (3) the numerical value, but the X axis is totally arbitrary?
Higher is better right? (Going by the efficiency and equity of US education, healthcare and retirement systems it must be..)
Numbers are off for Federated nations like Switzerland, Canada, America, and Mexico. A large portion of all taxes and civil duties belong to state governments in those places. Many nations also have alternative means to get revenue besides income tax, like Mexico’s state oil monopoly.
Britain has the right options NHS for one . Other county’s have to pay private health care . Basically the have and have nots .
Not an accurate representation of government size
A lot of people don’t know that this number has remained unchanged for OECD nations for the past 30/40 years, despite each country’s varying tax rates during that period
Higher taxes =/= higher revenue
I don’t think total tax income is particularly interesting. I’m more interested in what and who gets taxed.
Just so people are aware, that point about almost half of Americans not paying federal income taxes does *not* mean that they don’t pay any federal taxes at all. There is also a [payroll tax](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Payroll_tax#United_States) that’s assessed to fund medicare and social security, so if you’re earning a wage of any kind, you’re paying federal taxes on that, regardless of whether your income is high enough to be liable for federal income tax.
Suck it Netherlands 🙂
This graph is horrible. The axes aren’t clearly labelled and it’s a hot mess of pogs which are just confusing.
Alright top of my head a few questions:
– I hope that it’s total taxes, as in city + state + federal
– Would help to know which countries have full healthcare / pensions and which leave it up to their citizens
– I assume the more big world leading businesses that have their “headquarters” in your country the more skewed the ratio is
– Lower % for US/Ireland/Switzerland might be because as the article says the US for example gets most of their taxes from personal income and taxes businesses less than the others with higher percentages.
Do not put that label on Denmark. The intent of tax funded education in Denmark was never to educate the students of EU for free. It was to create equal opportunity for Danes regardless of the size of their parents wallet.
I really lolled when I read this chart for Turkey. Yes there is a 23% base tax but in Turkey there are so many indirect taxes we are paying. And we are paying it when we buy whatever it is. They are called like communication taxes, luxury taxes, environmental taxes, .. For example if you buy a phone in US for 100 USD we can buy exactly the same phone in Turkey for 180 USD. (Price comparison made with Huawei Novo 9 Pro, 128 GB USA/Turkey price as it is one of the latest phone models in the global market) That difference is even more in buying a brand new car.
> includes NZ, Canada, UK but not Australia
> no explanation needed
10/10 graphic
The American metric is nonsense. It’s clearly only showing federal taxes. Americans also pay state, property, and local taxes. So take the American figure and double it. Not to mention a dozen other sales taxes and others.
pay 14,3% more and you have free healthcare, free education, 30 days vacation and and and.
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Source – https://www.visualcapitalist.com/comparing-tax-systems-around-the-world/
The ratio is represented by (1) the size of the disc, (2) the position on the Y axis, and (3) the numerical value, but the X axis is totally arbitrary?
Higher is better right? (Going by the efficiency and equity of US education, healthcare and retirement systems it must be..)
Numbers are off for Federated nations like Switzerland, Canada, America, and Mexico. A large portion of all taxes and civil duties belong to state governments in those places. Many nations also have alternative means to get revenue besides income tax, like Mexico’s state oil monopoly.
Britain has the right options NHS for one . Other county’s have to pay private health care . Basically the have and have nots .
Not an accurate representation of government size
A lot of people don’t know that this number has remained unchanged for OECD nations for the past 30/40 years, despite each country’s varying tax rates during that period
Higher taxes =/= higher revenue
I don’t think total tax income is particularly interesting. I’m more interested in what and who gets taxed.
Just so people are aware, that point about almost half of Americans not paying federal income taxes does *not* mean that they don’t pay any federal taxes at all. There is also a [payroll tax](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Payroll_tax#United_States) that’s assessed to fund medicare and social security, so if you’re earning a wage of any kind, you’re paying federal taxes on that, regardless of whether your income is high enough to be liable for federal income tax.
Suck it Netherlands 🙂
This graph is horrible. The axes aren’t clearly labelled and it’s a hot mess of pogs which are just confusing.
Alright top of my head a few questions:
– I hope that it’s total taxes, as in city + state + federal
– Would help to know which countries have full healthcare / pensions and which leave it up to their citizens
– I assume the more big world leading businesses that have their “headquarters” in your country the more skewed the ratio is
– Lower % for US/Ireland/Switzerland might be because as the article says the US for example gets most of their taxes from personal income and taxes businesses less than the others with higher percentages.
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/comparing-tax-systems-around-the-world/ doesn’t give many answers sadly 🙁
Do not put that label on Denmark. The intent of tax funded education in Denmark was never to educate the students of EU for free. It was to create equal opportunity for Danes regardless of the size of their parents wallet.
I really lolled when I read this chart for Turkey. Yes there is a 23% base tax but in Turkey there are so many indirect taxes we are paying. And we are paying it when we buy whatever it is. They are called like communication taxes, luxury taxes, environmental taxes, .. For example if you buy a phone in US for 100 USD we can buy exactly the same phone in Turkey for 180 USD. (Price comparison made with Huawei Novo 9 Pro, 128 GB USA/Turkey price as it is one of the latest phone models in the global market) That difference is even more in buying a brand new car.
> includes NZ, Canada, UK but not Australia
> no explanation needed
10/10 graphic
The American metric is nonsense. It’s clearly only showing federal taxes. Americans also pay state, property, and local taxes. So take the American figure and double it. Not to mention a dozen other sales taxes and others.
pay 14,3% more and you have free healthcare, free education, 30 days vacation and and and.
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btw i pay exactly 14,4% healthcare in germany.