if so, how come? since our country is so rich, how come we are paying taxes?
2007-02-21 03:23:21 · 20 answers · asked by Essie 6 in Business & Finance ➔ Taxes ➔ Other - Taxes
i'm sorry i forgot to put that i live in the US. and to heartbroken....that was so rude and unnecessary!!
2007-02-21 03:34:06 · update #1
i also forgot to add that my sister had friends from england and they said they had never heard such a thing of "paying taxes" in their life.
2007-02-21 03:45:51 · update #2
Payment of taxes start with the past wars to help pay off debt but now they are to pay for accuring debt that seems to be increase all the time. Plus now its in the laws to pay taxes now
2007-03-01 02:09:29 · answer #1 · answered by maria169 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What a moron... why do you think the revolutionary war happened in the first place? Hello... Britain was forcing their crazy high taxes on us when we didn't even live there! "No taxation without representation"... ring a bell, or did you sleep that day in history class? The reason a lot of European countries have such great healthcare, roads, and schools is because their citizens pay almost everything they make in taxes instead of complaining about it all the time. Wake up!
Oh, and by the way, the reason our deficit is so huge is because we defend "rich" European countries and forgive their debts only for them to act like they're better than us.
2007-02-23 10:56:43 · answer #2 · answered by Randy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The US isn't the only country with taxes. The highest income tax rates seem to be associated with countries with a very developed social services system for their citizens.
This website has income tax rates from around the world:
http://www.worldwide-tax.com/
Taxes pay for a lot of services you might not be aware of:
The federal government uses your tax dollars to support Social Security, health care, national defense and social services such as food stamps and housing.
Services provided by taxes in (pick any state) are public schools, safe highways, health care, prisons and social services for low-income citizens. The city or county where you live provides water and garbage service, police and fire protection and also
contributes to public schools.
2007-02-27 09:16:29 · answer #3 · answered by mktgurl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gee, the fact that Brits never heard of paying taxes in their lives would be news to the many people who live there. For examples, click on "United Kingdom" under the heading "Taxes" just on Yahoo Answers. Somebody is blowing smoke here.
There are a couple countries in the world that DON't pay taxes, but very few.
2007-02-21 08:30:19 · answer #4 · answered by Judy 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The US is not the only country paying taxes. A lot of countries have social programs that are funded by taxpayer funds. The US economy is currently the largest in the world. With all of the business that transpires in the Us the Us government wants a piece of it so they tax it.
2007-02-21 06:02:57 · answer #5 · answered by R Worth 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Countries with no personal income tax:
Andorra
The Bahamas
Bahrain
Bermuda
Burundi
Cayman Islands
Kuwait
Monaco
Oman
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Somalia
United Arab Emirates
Uruguay
Vanuatu
"Services provided by taxes" or political reasons ?
GDP = Compensation of employees + Gross operating surplus + Gross mixed income + Taxes less subsidies on production and imports
... Colonial and moderning states have also used cash taxes to draw or force reluctant subsistence producers into cash economies. ...
A solution: "Financial literacy".
2007-02-27 15:19:08 · answer #6 · answered by Costi 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everyone pays taxes, most countries charge more than ours. Great Britain has the VAT or Value Added Tax that is assessed every time someone purchases something.
2007-02-28 18:48:10 · answer #7 · answered by Scott K 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I doubt if there are many countries that don't pay taxes, and most of those are probably oil-rich. Europeans pay way higher rates of taxes than we do.
NOTE: The british pay a VAT (Value Added Tax) on just about everything they buy if not everything.
2007-02-21 03:26:19 · answer #8 · answered by Rossonero NorCal SFECU 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Virtually every country assesses taxes to some extent. If you think it's bad in the US, try moving to Europe. They typically pay nearly double what we pay in the US. Gasoline taxes typically exceed $5.00 per gallon and sales taxes run between 17% and 23%. Some European income tax rates are as high as 70%.
Your sisters mates from England are winding you up. I lived in England for 7 years and never paid so much taxes in my life! The tax on gasoline (petrol they call it over there) is about $5.00 per gallon.
Taxes are withheld from wages just as they are here, although settling up at the end of the year is optional for them.
The sales tax in England -- VAT they call it -- was 17.5% when I lived there and I think it's gone up since then. It's built in to the shelf price so it's not obvious at the checkout counter but it's charged on virtually everything.
They pay a "car tax" every year of several hundred dollars just for the privilege of parking on the street. In central London, a £5.00 ($9.45) PER DAY "congestion fee" is assessed just for driving your car into the city unless you already live there.
The tax on a pack of cigarettes is nearly $7.00. Good reason to quit if you ask me.
Trust me, our British cousins pay taxes through the nose! Been there, done that!
2007-02-21 08:48:43 · answer #9 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
In which country are you living . I am living in Turkey and we are paying more taxes than the US citizens . There are people who break the law and do not pay but they are a little proportion of the population .
2007-02-21 03:27:39 · answer #10 · answered by xeibeg 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋