Does US have the most unfair tax system in the world?

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Accounts Receivable Tax
Building Permit Tax
Cigarette Tax
Corporate Income Tax
Dog License Tax
Federal Income Tax
Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)
Fishing License Tax
Food License Tax
Fuel Permit Tax
Gasoline Tax
Hunting License Tax
Inheritance Tax
Inventory Tax
IRS Interest Charges (tax on top of tax)
IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax)
Liquor Tax
Luxury Tax
Marriage License Tax
Medicare Tax
Property Tax
Real Estate Tax
Service charge taxes
Social Security Tax
Road Usage Tax (Truckers)
Sales Taxes
Recreational Vehicle Tax
School Tax
State Income Tax
State Unemployment Tax (SUTA)
Telephone Federal Excise Tax
Tel telephone Federal Universal Service Fee Tax
Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Tax
Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax
Telephone Recurring and Non-recurring Charges Tax
Telephone State and Local Tax
Telephone Usage Charge Tax
Utility Tax
Vehicle License Registration Tax
Vehicle Sales Tax
Watercraft Registration Tax
Well Permit Tax
Workers Compensation Tax.

What about Estate tax and tax on Social Security benefits? isn't that double taxation? Who loves to pay tax on the money you have already paid tax on or you paid tax on when you were alive? What about Exit tax congress is trying to pass? Isn't that same as what Nazis did to the Jews back in WWII? Regarding taxes in Europe, remember many of them have better social benefits, free health care and free education. I think our ancestors who left England paid less taxes than we do now, and they were free to leave. Are we free to leave to protect your hard earned money? Constitution says you can, but it's extremely difficult in reality. What does that say about our tax system? Please consider all angles before reply.

Answer 1

ever been to canada. You don't pay all those taxes and no one else does.

Answer 2

I think there should be a flat tax for everyone, set at the same rate no matter how much money you have. There would be no more tax refunds. If we did this a s country, the national debt could be paid off fairly quickly

Answer 3

US taxes are most unfair to the middle class. The poor get a break The rich don't care but have had breaks. No Taxes? Society would just become a free for all, with the poor & middle class trampled to death in the super rat race.

Answer 4

Go to the airport, take the next airplane to Schiphol, Amsterdam. Your tax system and taxation percentages are laughable as to what happens in Europe. That would be my advice to any US citizen. Gas tax too high? Just for feeling better, go and check out the gas prices in Northern European countries. My income isn't hugely much, but it is already taxed 40%.

Answer 5

I dun't know if its the most unfair tax system in the world, but definately one of the most complex. There is not a standard or unform tax. Different situations apply different taxes. So in that regard maybe it is the most unfair tax system in the world.

In australia interest payments on your home are not tax deductible but interest payments on your investment properties are?

I dont deem this to be very fair but its how it is. So theres always going to be complaints about tax.

Answer 6

Hardly. And a lot of those "taxes" you list are not taxes at all. They are fees. And a few of them are figments of your imagination, such as "Workers Compensation Tax" or are a single tax stated multiple ways.

The poster who suggested you hop a filght ot Europe is dead on the mark. Taxes are far higher there. Most Americans have no clue how good we have it.

Answer 7

Our tax system may not be easy to understand but it is ours and we love it. People sell their bodies to buy passage to the USA and we have border guards to try and keep them out. Most other countries have border guards there to keep the people in.

Answer 8

It is a very complex system, but "fair" is a matter of morality and emotions, something of which one cannot talk when discussing taxes.

Answer 9

You forgot about the stupid question tax. That will be $25 please.