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Re:Germany, France launch Gaia-X platform in bid for ‘tech s... by adev_ on Friday June 05, 2020 @07:57AM (#23427468)
> Are you including social contributions of employer and employee in your 20% tax rate?

Only income taxes. The employer taxes are mainly pension / health insurance.

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Re:Germany, France launch Gaia-X platform in bid for ‘tech s... by hydraxis on Friday June 05, 2020 @08:34AM (#23427758)
Compare for example with Denmark where the social contributions are close to 0 and the income tax up to 50%.

The total of the employment taxes paid in Denmark is still lower than the total in France.

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Re:Germany, France launch Gaia-X platform in bid for ‘tech s... by adev_ on Friday June 05, 2020 @10:14AM (#23428779)
Denmark seems to be a particular case compared to other OECD countries.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_rates_in_Europe#/media/Fil...

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Re:Germany, France launch Gaia-X platform in bid for ‘tech s... by hydraxis on Friday June 05, 2020 @11:20AM (#23429548)
Yes, I chose this extreme example on purpose to show that evaluating only the income tax is not meaningful.
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