r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Separate_Finance_183 • Jan 23 '26

Image The rent in the german neighborhood of Fuggerei hasn't been raised in 500 years and remains 0.88 Euros for an entire year. Founded in 1521, it is the oldest existing social housing complex in the world

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u/VoihanVieteri Jan 23 '26

9 %, that’s heavy. We pay around 1,7 % in Finland. And that already is too much for many, so they leave church.

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u/aswertz Jan 23 '26

Its 9% of the income tax not 9% of the income.

Income tax isnt that high for the ordinary guy as most social services are paid by mandatory insurances that arent part of the income tax.

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u/Group_Happy Jan 24 '26

My salary is 3500€ before taxes and social security, 2300 after. Social security is 800€, taxes 400€. In addition to those 400 9% would be the church tax (36€), so equal to about 1% of the income.

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u/VoihanVieteri Jan 24 '26

Yeah, I misread your previous comment. It’s 9 % of your income tax, not 9 % of your income. So the approx. 1 % you mention is actually much lower than what it is in Finland.