Taxation in the USA what do you pay?

Question

I wanted to know how much the tax is or at least what taxes you pay in th USA. Do you pay income tax local government tax, car tax, duty tax, tax on goods.
Here in the UK its about 20% on tax and then 100 pounds on council tax and 17.5% VAT and then car tax
Is it really as good in the US as they make out??
Id be married with 3 children

Answer 1

The total tax burden in the US is a bit more than half of what it is in the UK.

Income tax is capped at 35%. The typical wage earner pays a maximum marginal rate of 15% or 25% and a net rate of less than 20% of all income earned. Most states also levy income tax at between 3% and 8% net of all earnings.

Sales taxes (similar to VAT) vary from state to state and are generally less than 9%. A few states don't levy any.

There is no council tax but there are ad valorem property taxes. They vary from about 1/2% to as much as 5% of the value of the property annually. The states that don't levy income tax tend to have the highest property taxes.

No road tax but many states levy a personal property tax on vehicles. That's usually based upon the value of the car and declines as the car ages. Typically it's worse than buying a tax disc for the first couple of years and then drops to much less.

No TV tax. (Yipee!) No BBC (except on cable, and it's limited programming at that) :(

All countries levy import duties that vary based upon the goods in question.

There are a number of hidden excise taxes on various goods. These are not separately stated so it's hard to determine the total impact.

Petrol is about £1.50 per gallon at the pump. (And they gripe about high fuel costs here!)

Answer 2

Between national and local taxes and allocating corporation taxes to real people, taxes take about 1/3 of the country's income. Among major industrialized countries, we have the lowest overall tax burden. Some people will complain about it no matter what they have to pay.

Answer 3

35% fed 8 1/2 % state sales tax...2 1/2% state income tax... thats 46%, soc sec 7 1/2 percent, adds to 53.5%uneployement tax (few hundred per year), state disability tax, and i havent ncluded hidden taxes....like fed and state fuel taxes (in calif) about 60 cents / gallon..of gas/pertrol...then thee real estate tax...avg in calif is probably 3-4k.yr....and when you die estate tax...and of course ive left off other taxes....after :refunds: figure 50% goes to tax....minimum


of course im one of the "Rich" that according to the democrats dont pay taxes...its a falsehood the democrats float around as hidden well not so hidden class warfare.....im not inluding employment taxes...taxes i have to py once i hire someone...like added soc sec tax,,(double what the employee sees),health insurance etc etc etc....then the worst thing they take my money and buy $800 hammers ...$5000 toilet seats etc etc....

but now im ranting