• GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml
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    8 months ago

    57% is the tax on “one-time gains” - bonuses and other such things.

    This means that you’re probably overpaying on it, but you might also be underpaying on your income taxes (usually ~30% even if you reach the ~50%-tax bracket). Worst case scenario, you’ve lent some money interest-free to the government that you get back on your tax returns.

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      You can borrow from someone else. When someone else borrows from you, you lend it. Or lent as the past tense

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        8 months ago

        Thanks, updated. I think my mistake stems from Swedish only having one word for the concept, regardless of the direction of the transaction.

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          I’ve noticed a lot of my european friends doing the same

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            I think the only english-speaking people in North America who know this read Hamlet in high school.

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        8 months ago

        Ish…

        They could have said “you have let the government borrow from you tax free.”

        But yeah, the general idea holds.