Tax hell
A tax hell is generally used to refer to a country or place with very high rates of taxation.[1][2]
In some definitions, tax hell also means an oppressive or otherwise onerous tax bureaucracy.[3][4][5]
In some cases, the effective tax pressure is difficult to measure for a comparison.[6]
Tax hell usually includes socialist and communist countries such as Belarus, Venezuela, Argentina, Nicaragua, Bolivia, Haiti and France.[7][8][9]
References
- Miller, Jay (2015-12-15). "Why Wisconsin remains a tax hell". Badger Institute. Retrieved 2019-01-11.
Wisconsin is still a tax hell. Here's why. To begin with, even accepting the findings above — and I have great respect for the Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance — ranking 15th out of 50 states in tax burden gives us no reason to brag. It still means that 35 states are more competitive than Wisconsin.
- Hansen, Nico A.; Kessler, Anke (2001). "The Political Geography of Tax H(e)avens and Tax Hells". American Economic Review. 91 (4): 1103–1115. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.540.558. doi:10.1257/aer.91.4.1103.
Ceteris paribus, they prefer to reside in countries with large welfare programs financed by substantial taxation which we call tax hells for obvious reasons.
- Franklin, Mary Beth (2007-02-28). "The Beginning of the End of Tax Hell". Kiplinger's Personal Finance. Retrieved 2019-01-11.
Six years ago, June and Ron Speltz got caught by the alternative minimum tax, which triggered a tax bill of more than $260,000 on income they'd never see. Their fight to change the law finally paid off.
- Blakely, Lindsay (2011-02-16). "Tax Hell: I Fought the IRS -- and Won". CBS News. Retrieved 2019-01-11.
Even though the IRS validated that I had done everything correctly, the experience completely changed how I look at buying things I need for my business. I always ask myself: Will this be questioned? I have a heightened sense of the IRS being involved in my business.
- Fishman, Stephen (January 2018). Home Business Tax Deductions: Keep What You Earn. Berkeley, California: Nolo. p. 21. ISBN 978-1-4133-2415-0.
Your home-based activity can be a business for tax purposes only if you can show that you are engaged in it to earn a profit, not simply to have fun or pursue a personal interest. If you can't prove a profit motive for the activity, you will be considered a hobbyist and forced to enter tax hell. The IRS has established two tests to determine whether someone has a profit motive. One is a simple mechanical test that looks whether you have earned a profit in three of the last five years. The other is a more complex test designed to determine whether you act like you want to earn a profit.
- Barciela, Fernando (2017-02-28). "A tax hell in sight? Europe cuts taxes while Spain opts for hikes". The Corner. Retrieved 2019-01-11.
Another hellish idea, which serves to justify-legitimise these tax hikes, is that tax pressure in Spain is low compared with other countries in Europe. Something which is true, only apparently. Spain's fiscal pressure is 34.6% while in Germany it's 40%, 48% in France and 43.5% in Italy. But the problem is that while the fiscal pressure in northern European countries is more less evenly distributed, this is not the case here.
- "Haiti in the TOP 10 «tax hells» and last in the Caribbean". www.haitilibre.com. Retrieved 2022-11-06.
- "La France reste un enfer fiscal". Les Echos (in French). 2019-11-07. Retrieved 2022-11-06.
- Goudron, Claude (2022-06-05). "Les paradis fiscaux existent car la France est un enfer fiscal". Contrepoints (in French). Retrieved 2022-11-06.
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