Germany does not take 50% of everything you make, they take 49.3%

· Pieter Levels · Aug. 22, 2026, 2:08 p.m.
economics humor Germany taxation
Summary
In this blog post, the author humorously clarifies that Germany's taxation on earnings is actually 49.3%, not the commonly assumed 50%.
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