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Re: Taxes

From: Scott Telford <S.Telford@ed.ac.uk>
Date: Tue, 5 Nov 1991 10:24:54 -0800
Subject: Re: Taxes
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In article <9111051529.aa29218@cygnus.sco.COM>, craig@sco.COM ("Craig
R.P. Heath") writes:
> 95% - c.f. the Beatles' song "Taxman" on the album "Revolver":
> 					"One for you, nineteen for me"
> 
> As Neil says, top rate is 40% now, and it starts at around (pounds)25,000.

According to my old accountancy & finance lecturer, some Scandinavian
countries had income tax top rates of *over* 100%.

Yikes!

-- 
Scott Telford, Dept of Computer Science,   /   "I think she's one of the
University of Edinburgh, Mayfield Rd,      /    greatest composers of the
Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK.                    /    century, in my opinion."
electric mail: s.telford@ed.ac.uk          /    - Nigel Kennedy, on Kate Bush.