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Rich Man's Burden

lead in particular representatives of the FDP to be happy that the top 10% of top earners more than 50% of the income tax on tax (based on figures from the Federal Statistical Office , graphically by the FAZ). So the high earners pay a disproportionate amount of taxes and increases the top rate was against this background, a large tax injustice.

Now is it fair that the top 10% pay nearly 51% of the income tax? The FDP says no. Others say yes, because the wealthiest top 10% have about 61% of the total assets (see Federal Agency for Civic Education ). So is the burden of the rich and super rich to shoulder the tax budget almost alone?

course not! The wealthiest 10% of the population that is not necessarily the 10% of taxpayers with the highest incomes. For the rich and super rich for the principal sources of income as interest and dividends paid on their assets on no taxes (except property taxes, if they have a lot of land) and on interest and dividends, the withholding tax of 25%. So they come off much better than employed high earners, whose earnings for the Part with 41% top tax rate will be allocated.

interesting but the graphics of the Federal Agency for Civic Education for the distribution of wealth in Germany:

Given this distribution of wealth, one would think that a property tax, but a very meaningful thing. So instead of increasing the income tax, you should ask the richest 10% of the population to pay.

Why is there no wealth tax? There was a under Helmut Kohl! Yes, under a black-yellow government! tilted, the Federal Constitutional Court but it has to 1997. Page has no responsible government felt a constitutional version to produce. Especially the SPD, from 1998 2009 in the government, by some people who would be expecting something, anything made in this direction. Only after the voter has carved out in September 2009, the SPD with the ballot box from the government bench, pulled the SPD to the social penitential robe and decided to try to introduce at a party congress in November 2009, the property tax again.

But even if something like a property tax is introduced, remains to be seen how many high net worth relocate their domicile or their assets in Switzerland. You can try it anyway, but until then the rich man will continue the burden of his thick portfolio alone have to bear.