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Re:Germany begins 3-year universal-basic-income trial by throwAwayGerman on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @03:11PM (#24214802)
Some context: In Germany one would need to earn around €135k (about $160k) annually for a monthly net income of €6.1k. You would have to pay around EUR 45k in income tax (incl. "soli"), 3.4k "church tax", 5.5k in health + care insurance, 7.7k pension insurance, and 1k in unemployment insurance.
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Re:Germany begins 3-year universal-basic-income trial by darekkay on Friday August 21, 2020 @07:14AM (#24233892)
> You would have to pay (...) 3.4k "church tax"

This is the only one from the list that you don't _have_ to pay, unless you're officially part of a church.

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