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The OECD puts it at around 35% for a single worker, and 30% for a one-earner married couple with two children.

Even if they spend their entire income on taxable goods and services — which is very unlikely, as rent/mortgage doesn't have VAT — that would mean 21% of the remaining amount were taxed, so 55-50%.

https://www.oecd.org/tax/tax-policy/taxing-wages-netherlands...

>>Symbio+(OP)
Then they have much less taxation then I thought. I based it on my Swedish and Portuguese experiences. Thought NL was similar

I also wasn't making the case for the average worker. Was assuming higher earners then the norm since that's the whole vibe of the article