In Norway, everyone can know how much you earn [video]
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#2It's the same in Finland. Tax rates are fairly easy to discover for anyone. And based off that you can get a very good idea of their earnings.
In practice I've never met or spoken to anyone who has gone out their way to do this. It's normally just the tabloids outing the salaries of politicians and celebrities once a year.
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#3Farmer's subsidies are also public knowledge in the EU and are routinely printed in papers. That lets you know appropriately their gross income. I can't see that happening for other sectors of society who benefit from government support.
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#5I must be naive but I thought this was public information in most countries.
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#6I must be naive but I thought this was public information in most countries.
Would you mind saying which country you live in?
I'm from the UK, where income/tax is private, and my understanding is that this is the same in the USA, and most European countries.
It's interesting that what's "normal" to me is so alien and unexpected to other people.
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#7It's the same in Finland. Tax rates are fairly easy to discover for anyone. And based off that you can get a very good idea of their earnings. In practice I've never met or spoken to anyone who has gone out their way to do this. It's normally just the tabloids outing the salaries of politicians and celebrities once a year.
If I had access to such information, I would immediately try to figure out how much my colleagues and peers in other groups/companies are making. Knowing how much other people are making for similar job functions, gives you huge negotiating power in managing your career. It's a net win for all workers in society.
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#9It's the same in Finland. Tax rates are fairly easy to discover for anyone. And based off that you can get a very good idea of their earnings. In practice I've never met or spoken to anyone who has gone out their way to do this. It's normally just the tabloids outing the salaries of politicians and celebrities once a year.
If I had access to such information, I would immediately try to figure out how much my colleagues and peers in other groups/companies are making. Knowing how much other people are making for similar job functions, gives you huge negotiating power in managing your career. It's a net win for all workers in society.
You can't look up other peoples' tax anonymously in Norway though since 2013. Your person of interest gets an automatic notification.
Re: In Norway, everyone can know how much you earn [video]
#10It's the same in Finland. Tax rates are fairly easy to discover for anyone. And based off that you can get a very good idea of their earnings. In practice I've never met or spoken to anyone who has gone out their way to do this. It's normally just the tabloids outing the salaries of politicians and celebrities once a year.
One recruiter said that he'll find out my salary from my tax return when I said I didn't want to disclose it to him. By the way, I think the actual income is public knowledge, not the tax rate.