New member from the Netherlands

[pierceography]

lol, he ordered a Raptor and had it delivered to Europe faster than mine took living 30 miles from the assembly plant.

 

[wjn]

NL has the highest taxes in the world. They get taxed at a 41 to a 52% rate when they earn any money. Then a tax when they spend, expecialy on items the PC folks hate, like a truck. The truck tax rate is 20%, and when he fills up the gas tank, the Europeans tax all gas at a 50% to 55% tax as well.

The evil USA has a effective 26% tax rate when you earn money, here in MD I pay a 6% sales tax, and my fuel is taxed around the 25% rate (both fed and state taxes).

This is why my house in the USA is a McMansion, and they all live in a crappy small house.

You are not quite right with taxes, because they start at ca. 36%, up to ca. 70k€ you pay 38%, for the part above 70k€ 52%. And lots of arrangements to get tax back. That makes it complex.

Average dept per resident is 48k€ (and it is falling) over here, in the great USA that is $ 140.438 per resident (and this is rising).

And remember, America first, The Netherlands second:

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Very nice Raptor, congrats! Yours must be one of the few Raptors in NL.

The luxury tax explains why I every passenger vehicle I saw was a Teslas in Amsterdam recently.

Yes, first 2019 as far as I know of.

The taxi drivers are stretching the use of superchargers. They use it to fully charge their Tesla's, instead of using them during a trip. Tesla build even a supercharger lot specially for them at Schiphol.

 

[RaptorMaryland]

Correct Tax rates are complex, so I use a web site that normalizes them.

Netherlands 52.00 %
United States 37.00 %

here

https://tradingeconomics.com/country-list/personal-income-tax-rate

 

[wjn]

Happy to announce my upgrade, delivery estimated in May...

Code Orange Raptor R.

 

[smurfslayer]

did you trade/sell the Jen Too?

 

[wjn]

Yes, correct. I got a really nice trade in offer.

 

[smurfslayer]

#SameNumberOfprius

 

[wjn]

#SameNumberOfprius

Prius with winter tires fitted.

 

[MurderedOutSVT]

Looks good!

#GingerRaptorsMatter

 

[RogueClimber]

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Prius with winter tires fitted.

Not a bad looking prius