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Message:: [QUOTE="Eduard, post: 566675, member: 8959"]Ruben, i don't know if this will make you feel any better, but try this for Taxes: "Wonderful" Germany: - My net pay is 54% of my gross- My wife's net pay is 48 % of her gross- Out of what is left, we still need to pay 19 % V.A.T (value added tax) on most anything we buy except food which is a 'low' 7% (but not on alcoholic beverages - there its the regular 19%).- 20 years after german reunification we are still paying a "solidarity   contribution" of an additional 5.5 % tax to help pay for east germany. This was supposed to be temporary.....- The "right" to watch the very entertaining state TV channels cost us $ 27 a month...   (this is obligatory, no escape)- add a few other local tax charges, too many to mention.- When i buy a coin in the U.S, i need to pay a import duty tax of...8-21 %- add the cost of gasoline over here (3-4 x more than in the US) All in all out of every Euro I earn gross, only about 38% is actual disposable income. I remember years ago I had a salary increase which actually left less money in my pocket than before the increase!  Why? this put me in a higher tax bracket. I should have migrated to the U.S long ago....even New York sounds better than this. I hope this makes you feel better now, Eduard[/QUOTE]