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Re:Ask HN: I've been slacking off at Google for 6 years. How... by iso1210 on Monday January 06, 2020 @07:12AM (#21968538)
In the UK, someone on £80k ($105k) will pay £25k ($33k) in tax. That includes healthcare

In the US, someone on that amount in Denver will pay $29k in tax.

That's not an extraordinary difference, even before you factor in health care costs.

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Re:Ask HN: I've been slacking off at Google for 6 years. How... by jbms on Monday January 06, 2020 @11:50AM (#21970616)
It's an extraordinary difference when you look at what proportion of engineers (outside of London/Finance) earn £80k in the UK vs $105k in Denver.
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Re:Ask HN: I've been slacking off at Google for 6 years. How... by iso1210 on Monday January 06, 2020 @05:53PM (#21974406)
That isn't a tax thing though - payroll/income taxes are roughly the same.
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