Monday, December 8, 2008

Taxes

1. The richest 1% pay 40% in taxes.
2. We know from income mobility data that a very large percentage in the top 1% are new rich and not inheritors or fortunes.
3. I chose Austria and France.
Austria has an income tax of 21%-50%
France has an income tax of 10%-48%
4. The vat is Value added tax, or tax added to the value  at each different stage of production.