UK 井戸／弁護士席 負かす／撃墜する in 逮捕する salary league

By Helen Loveless, Mail on Sunday 企業 Editor
Updated: 13:06 BST, 2 December 2004

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FED UP with seeing so much of your salary swallowed up through 税金? Move to Luxembourg and you could see your take-home 支払う／賃金 急に上がる. New 研究 shows people living in Luxembourg have the highest 逮捕する salarie s in Europe, taking home 73% of their 甚だしい／１２ダース income.

French 労働者s aren't far behind, with a 逮捕する salary of 68,027 euros for every 100,000 euros earned, closely followed by the Spanish who take home 67,799 euros for every 100,000 euros or around 68% of their 甚だしい／１２ダース 支払う／賃金.

But the British 追跡する behind in fifth place, taking home just 61% of our 甚だしい／１２ダース income. This means we are 現実に 支払う／賃金ing nearly 40% に向かって 所得税 and social 安全 出資／貢献s.

The 率 also fails to take into account the 非常に／多数の other 税金s that have an 衝撃 on where your money goes and how long it lasts. For example, 会議 税金, which most people have to 支払う／賃金, has 増加するd more than 50% on 普通の／平均（する） since 1997 alone.

Even after death you may struggle to escape the taxman's greedy clutches. The number of people whose 広い地所s are 攻撃する，衝突する by 相続物件 税金 (IHT) is 始める，決める to rise はっきりと in line with 急に上がるing 所有物／資産／財産 prices. いっそう少なく than 30,000 世帯s a year are caught by the 40% 税金, which 影響する／感情s 広い地所s over the value of £255,000, yet 税金 専門家s 予報する more than two million 世帯s could 結局最後にはーなる 支払う／賃金ing IHT over the next ten years.

The 研究 was published by accountants AGN Shipleys, who carried out a 調査する of 14 different countries in the European Union, to analyse what individuals 収入 the same 量 in each country can 推定する／予想する to take home after 存在 paid.

John McCuin, managing partner of AGN Shipleys said: 'Comparing and contrasting differences in 所得税, 逮捕する salary and 雇用者 出資／貢献s between EU countries gives some 利益／興味ing food for thought for both 雇用者s and 従業員s in the UK.'

In the 合間, next time you moan about high 課税, spare a thought for the Danes - over 55% of their 甚だしい／１２ダース salary goes に向かって 所得税 and social 安全, leaving them with just over 45% 逮捕する income to spend as they wish.