Germany “wins” Tax-Silver
More net from the gross: That would be an effective and much simpler relief. In hardly any other country does the treasury dig deep into the pockets of workers as it does in Germany.
One relief package after the other is put together from the income. Why make it simple when you can make it complicated?
The federal government’s third relief package resembles a sprinkler system that tries to extinguish the entire house. And that, although only individual rooms are on fire. Many of the measures, such as lump-sum transfer payments to pensioners and students, are expensive and imprecise. A large chunk of the 65 billion euros will seep away somewhere where the money is not needed.
The dying working middle class, who largely get nothing themselves, can pay for themselves, but co-finance such packages with high taxes and levies. The graphic shows: An average earner has about as much money to live on as the state receives for his work. This puts Germany among the best in the world.
It is correct that low-income households in particular, which are suffering particularly from the current situation, should be relieved. But more and more middle-income people no longer know how to cope with the skyrocketing prices.
In these difficult times, the federal government should also noticeably and sustainably relieve those who fill the state coffers with their services – and leave the employed with more net from the gross.
Christian Dobner | TLI Steuerberater