http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_freedom_day
Tax Freedom Day is the first day of the year in which a nation as a whole has theoretically earned enough income to fund its annual tax burden. It is annually calculated in the United States by the Tax Foundation—a Washington, D.C.-based tax research organization. Every dollar that is officially considered income by the government is counted, and every payment to the government that is officially considered a tax is counted. Taxes at all levels of government—local, state and federal—are included.
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Year TFD Percentage tax burden
1900 January 22 5.90%
1910 January 19 5.00%
1920 February 13 12.00%
1930 February 12 11.70%
1940 March 7 17.90%
1950 March 31 24.60%
1960 April 11 27.70%
1970 April 19 29.60%
1980 April 21 30.40%
1990 April 21 30.40%
2000 May 1 33.00%
2001 April 27 31.80%
2002 April 17 29.20%
2003 April 14 28.40%
2004 April 15 28.50%
2005 April 21 30.20%
2006 April 24 31.20%
2007 April 24 31.10%
2008 April 16 29.00%
2009 April 8 26.60%
2010 April 9 26.90%
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Tax Freedom Days for countries by date Country Day of year % burden Date of year Updated Source Reference
India 74 20% 14 March 2000 Centre for Civil Society [1]
Australia 112 30.7% 22 April 2008 Centre for Independent Studies [2]
United States 99 26.9% 9 April 2010 Tax Foundation [3]
Estonia 114 31.1% 24 April 2007 Eesti Maksumaksjate Liit (Estonian Taxpayers Association) [4]
Uruguay 141 35.8% 11 May 2006 CPA Ferrere [5] [6]
South Africa 132 36% 12 May 2008 Free Market Foundation [7]
Hungary 140 38%* 20 May 2008 Hungarian Central Statistic Institute [8]
New Zealand 141 39% 21 May 2008 Staples Rodway [9]
Spain 141 39% 21 May 2008 Institución Futuro [10]
Slovakia 142 38.8% 22 May 2008 Nadácia F.A.Hayeka [11]
Bulgaria 147 40% 27 May 2009 Novinite [12]
Brazil 147 40% 27 May 2008 Instituto Brasileiro de Planejamento Tributario [13]
Lithuania 142 38.9% 23 May 2009 Lithuanian Free Market Institute [14]
United Kingdom 134 36.7% 14 May 2009 Adam Smith Institute [15]
Belgium 159 43.3% 8 June 2009 PricewaterhouseCoopers [16]
Czech Republic 161 44.1% 11 June 2007 Liberální institut [17]
Croatia 164 45% 13 June 2008 The Adriatic Institute for Public Policy [18]
Canada 157 42.6% 6 June 2009 Fraser Institute [19]
Poland 167 47.3% 14 June 2008 Centrum im. Adama Smitha [20]
Slovenia 174 47.8% 24 June 2009 Business daily Finance [21]
Germany 190 51.73% 8 July 2008 Bund der Steuerzahler [22]
France 197 53.6% 16 July 2007 Contribuables associés [23]
Israel 197 53.8% 15 July 2008 Jerusalem Institute for Market Studies [24]
Sweden 209 57% 29 July 2007 Skattebetalarna [25]
Norway 210 56.7% 29 July 2007 Skattebetalerforeningen [26]
Originally posted by sh76Today Is the Best Tax Day of Your Life
http://www.newsweek.com/id/236383
Looking back, we may all remember April 15, 2010, as the day we got off cheaply. Why a growing deficit and increased spending on health care and Social Security nearly guarantee higher tax bills in our future.
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Yes, happy tax day everyone!! So where is the proud liberals who should be singing this wonderful day as we give our hard earned monies to government so they can do great things for society? In fact, I wonder if those who decry the "W" tax cuts as "unfair" have voluntarily paid their taxes at the rate without the "W" tax cuts?
Originally posted by zeeblebotBecause I am an adult active-citizen parent taxpayer, living and working in a metropolis with almost 4 million people, and I find juvenile bellyaching about 'paying tax being a restriction on freedom' about the most tedious and embarrassing level of political/philosophical debate possible.
yeah, but you live in the Indonesian jungles on roots, berries, and the occasional wild pig, in a thatched hut. why should you care?
ooooh, 5 pct, your wee teats must be achin'!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxation_in_Indonesia#Taxation_Rates
Taxation Rates
Indonesia has a series of progressive sliding rate taxes for all categories. Furthermore, as a developing nation, much economic activity is done at the 'cottage' level where sales and services taxation are tax exempt.
Indonesia's taxations system recognises the economic reality of the majority poorer citizens and the poor are exempt from almost any taxation. The underlying ethic of "gotong-royong"- "neighbourly [sic moral] help" is applied where the more fortunate wealthier are enforced to meet their moral obligation of a heavier burden of tax- regardless of arbitrary arguments to its' fairness.
The tax-free poverty threshold for Indonesian income earners is also dependent on regions as there exists some disparity between purchasing power of the Rupiah between regions and intra-regionally between larger urban cities and smaller ones. The Capital, Jakarta is considered the most expensive city in term of all goods, services and wages.
Income Tax
Income taxation is subject to Regional (Propinsi) government regulations defined by the economic realities of that particular area. As mentioned above, the poorer denizens are exempt from almost all taxation.
Band Annual Income Rate
Tax Free Up to Rp15,840,000 0%
Band I Up to Rp50,000,000 5%
Band II Rp50,000,000 to Rp250,000,000 15%
Band III Rp250,000,000 to Rp500,000,000 20%
Band IV Above Rp500,000,000 30%
Originally posted by zeeblebottime to plan a return to subsistence farming ... the food will be better, for sure ...
Today Is the Best Tax Day of Your Life
Looking back, we may all remember April 15, 2010, as the day we got off cheaply. Why a growing deficit and increased spending on health care and Social Security nearly guarantee higher tax bills in our future.
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