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Loise wrote:

法国现任总统对富人的定义：

月入4000欧元以上。

In a declaration which the right-wing daily Le Figaro says surprised everyone, Hollande proposes to tax France's super-rich at a rate of 75 per cent on earnings that surpass one million euros a year.

The paper says Hollande hopes to please the most left-wing of his potential supporters and present himself as "the candidate of the people", in contrast to his rival, President Nicolas Sarkozy, "the candidate of the rich".

The paper's editorial bellows that "War has been declared on 'the rich'." Evidently, the elevated tax would target around 3,000 people. For whom, Le Figaro says, few French people would shed a tear. However, the paper cautions that this is just the tip of the iceberg. First it'll be the super-rich, then the rich, then the less rich, then those who are neither rich nor poor, that's to say the middle class. Le Figaro tells readers that Hollande has said that "wealth" begins at an income of 4,000 euros a month.

J.H. Wang wrote:



同意这种理解。

ysun wrote:


在美国，我们也是多得多纳税，但“富人”的门槛没这么低，所以我们就不必因此而刻意减少工作量。

Jean@LA wrote:

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Jean@LA wrote:

美國中產階級不但不需要刻意減少工作，還得設法另闢財源，不然單靠翻譯工作在美國大都市過日子是一大挑戰。而且中產階級是最被擠壓的一個族群，稅一毛跑不掉，社會福利一毛領不到，等到孩子要念大學時，發現你辛苦繳的各種稅金都用在春風化雨的低收入教育補助上--獎助學金也沒中產階級孩子的份。

wherestip wrote:

€4000/month equates to about an annual income of $62,480, which is well over the poverty line over here, and considered a decent income by most people. Of course that also depends on one's family size and where one is in life.

ysun wrote:

http://www.shrm.org/hrdisciplines/compensation/Articles/Pages/2012-Graduate-Salaries.aspx

ysun wrote:

Steve,

Your major is the hottest!

wherestip wrote:




Well, I think François Hollande's words were wealth started at that level. To me it simply means that people with gross income under that level shouldn't be subject to a significant tax burden.

€4000/month equates to about an annual income of $62,480, which is well over the poverty line over here, and considered a decent income by most people. Of course that also depends on one's family size and where one is in life.

The way progressive taxation works, there's always an approximate level where you start incurring a sizable tax bite out of your AGI (Adjusted Gross Income). I just checked in the US Internal Revenue Service's 2012 tax table. For a single person with a taxable income of $52,730 (AGI ≈ $62,480), the federal tax liability is $9,211 - not too bad, but also not a negligible amount.

Roughly speaking, "taxable income = AGI - exemptions & deductions". The standard exemption & deduction for a single is $9750. Therefore for an AGI of $62,480, "taxable income = $62,480 - $9,750 = $52,730". According to the tax table of 2012, one would owe $9,211 on that. For a taxable income of $62,480 (AGI ≈ $72,230), one would owe $11,649.

I'm sure the French are taxed at a much higher rate. So I think you are doing the right thing trying to avoid getting into a higher tax bracket. At the same time, you also don't want to completely neglect building a nest egg for retirement. Although France has excellent social benefits for its citizens, IMO you never know with these things. Take the U.S. for example, two decades ago, it was the norm for people in this country to have a pension. But with many large corporations moving businesses offshore, this is no longer the case. While social security benefit is still secure as of now, it is always subject to potential cuts. You never know what could happen 20 or 30 years down the road.

Jean@LA wrote:



美國中產階級不但不需要刻意減少工作，還得設法另闢財源，不然單靠翻譯工作在美國大都市過日子是一大挑戰。而且中產階級是最被擠壓的一個族群，稅一毛跑不掉，社會福利一毛領不到，等到孩子要念大學時，發現你辛苦繳的各種稅金都用在春風化雨的低收入教育補助上--獎助學金也沒中產階級孩子的份。