EU isn't anti-capitalist. It is pro capitalist. They simply don't want you to get rich. It's a neo-oligarchy system. If you want to become an enterpreneur and get rich that way, well.. forget about it. You will only be︀ able to do with someone else's capital, and you'll be doing the dirty job sacrificing︁ your life for peanuts.
Lowest income taxes countries in Europe
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Find below the table with tax rates in EU jurisdictions.
It's worth digging deeper as in some jurisdictions, you have exemptions to certain types of income or as non-domiciled individual (e.g., Cyprus)
In Estonia income taxed in a foreign state is exempt from tax in Estonia and there is no gift tax.
| Country | Corporate tax | Lowest marginal rate for individual income tax | Highest marginal rate for individual income tax | VAT or GST or Sales tax |
| Bulgaria | 10% | 0% | 15% | 20% |
| Lithuania | 15% | 5% | 20% | 21% |
| Czech Republic | 19% | 15% | 23% | 21% |
| Estonia | 20% | 20% | 25% | 20% |
| Latvia | 21% | 20% | 25% | 21% |
| Slovakia | 21% | 19% | 25% | 20% |
| Cyprus | 12.50% | 0% | 35% | 19% |
| Hungary | 9% | 15% | 35% | 27% |
| Malta | 35% | 0% | 35% | 18% |
| Croatia | 20% | 10% | 40% | 25% |
| Ireland | 12.50% | 0% | 40% | 23% |
| Luxembourg | 21% | 0% | 42% | 17% |
| Italy | 27% | 15% | 43% | 22% |
| France | 28% | 0% | 45% | 20% |
| Germany | 15% | 0% | 45% | 19% |
| Greece | 24% | 0% | 45% | 24% |
| Romania | 16% | 10% | 45% | 19% |
| Portugal | 23% | 14.50% | 48% | 23% |
| Belgium | 25% | 0% | 50% | 21% |
| Slovenia | 19% | 16% | 50% | 22% |
| Denmark | 22% | 37% | 52% | 25% |
| Netherlands | 15% | 0% | 52% | 21% |
| Finland | 20% | 6% | 53% | 24% |
| Austria | 25% | 0% | 55% | 20% |
| Poland | 19% | 17% | 55% | 23% |
It's worth digging deeper as in some jurisdictions, you have exemptions to certain types of income or as non-domiciled individual (e.g., Cyprus)
In Estonia income taxed in a foreign state is exempt from tax in Estonia and there is no gift tax.
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