One million cancel broadband as living costs rise (UK)

Re:One million cancel broadband as living costs rise (UK) by dukeyukey on Thursday May 18, 2023 @02:50PM (#35992406)

> And there is also a 20% VAT impacting the cost of pretty much anything you might use your after-tax income to

Except stuff like food, rent, utilities, small stuff like that.

I'll give you the rest though. The UK is a low-tax country by European standards, and even by developed-world standards, but is above the US quite significantly.

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Re:One million cancel broadband as living costs rise (UK) by dragonwriter on Thursday May 18, 2023 @03:12PM (#35992677)

> The UK is a low-tax country by European standards, and even by developed-world standards,

The UK is a bit above average tax burden as share of GDP for the OECD. It is not particularly “low tax by developed world standards”.

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Re:One million cancel broadband as living costs rise (UK) by dukeyukey on Thursday May 18, 2023 @03:18PM (#35992746)

The OECD includes countries like Mexico, Turkey, and Colombia that are definitely less developed than the rest of the list. Hell, looking at the IMF figures, half the European countries on that list count as "developing" too, especially the less-taxing ones. Don't think I agree with them, but I'm not an economist so hey.

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