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Old 09-25-2013 | 01:21 PM
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Originally Posted by BlueMoon
Ha....I was curious though so I did some very very rough math, not accounting for deductions and what not.

Canadian income tax rates for Individuals - current and previous years

Assuming you make under 43,000 taxable.
The Canadian government only takes 15% = $6.15/hr
The Provincial Government (Ontario) takes 9.15% = $3.75/hr (I didn't look to see if this comes off post federal tax or the base amount so t may be

So take home hourly is about $31.10.

So in Canada if you made $41,000 taxable you would take home about $31,110, so the

In the US if you had 41,000 taxable Federal tax would be $6,286 and State (Michigan) 4.25% $1,575, so you would take home around $33,139


Yea I was really bored.
If you are really bored, go ahead and see what paying taxes here in the U.S. gets you (hint: wars) as opposed to what paying taxes in Canada gets you (hint: health care and a non-crumbling infrastructure).
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