News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Silent crisis of soaring excess deaths in Britain is only tip of the iceberg. Parent comment

Re:Silent crisis of soaring excess deaths in Britain is only... by nly on Sunday August 21, 2022 @03:46PM (#32543713)
Total tax on someone in the UK earning the median full-tike salary of ~£32K is actually only ~15%
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Silent crisis of soaring excess deaths in Britain is only... by physicsguy on Sunday August 21, 2022 @05:19PM (#32544552)
… no it isn’t?

Someone with the default tax code would take home £ 25,539.52 which means they pay 20.2% in tax. It’s quite low by many countries standards but certainly not 15%.

[ Parent | on HN ]