Nobody has that salary because most of guys that start earning that amount of money relize that they should move their business to another country instead wasting their lives paying these theft taxes.
@@sleepyjoe7843even if you take business outside your country wouldn't you still pay since your government still charges tax even if you're staying abroad.
@@devraj1919 It's a bit more complicated than giving one answer. First of all Belgium has double taxation treaties with some other countries, so you might not pay the tax if you earn money abroad. You for sure wont pay tax if you live atleast 6 months in another country. And if you move business to some other country like Russia and probably China. They can't know what you are doing there. In a lot of other countries they can request how much money you have on your bank account (for about +-10 years now), some countries not. But if you move your just contact experts in that field to advice you. You won't pay anything.
@@devraj1919 Oh yeah and Sweden for example has move tax, but I'm sure there are work around of that. There is a reason business want to leave these type of countries and move tax is basically a theft. Just like inheritance tax.
It's before taxes. After taxes you are left with 1500 and you still have other taxes. Like sales tax (BTW 21%), sugar tax, fuel tax etc. So you can imagine total taxcetion is about 70%.
How do you guys afford rent? You are Belgian, so I am sure, that you already know this. But in-case if you don't; I would like to say that Belgium is offering up-to 300euro a month, to anyone who stops driving their car. so if you live in a large Belgian city, then I am sure you could get around just fine by using public transit. and you could cash in on the 300 euro a month.
@@BlackPhillip2007 No you are probably speaking about small Zulte with 16.000 inhabitans and I'm not even sure they actually inplemented it. They were only talking about it in 2022. And don't forget that someone else pays for it if they get it.
now I completely understand why I met so many young people, traveling, enjoying, partying, and living for free for 3 years due Chômage, while they tax the shit out of the hard workers, lovely system
I’m a 26 year old male that was born and raised in Belgium. The longer i live and work here the more depressed i get. I have a stable job with a good income but it’s pointless. You get punished to work here, and the jobless live an amazing life. This country sucks and is unfair
In belgium I made 1.7k after tax as a system engineer, couldnt do anything since rent is like half of it.. Got out of there and moved to Malta for a Dutch speaking customer support job and I make 2k after taxes and its cheap to live
Would you say that studying in Belgium in order to work there is not advantageous knowing that you sacrifided time and money? If yes what is a solution?
@@sabilousbouly-wb7xgop Depends what you study, you can have a good income with a Masters degree so there’s that. There are lots of solutions but you have to get creative 😅
The question is what do you get in return for paying high taxes ? Is their health care system the best in the world, what about infra ? Unemployment? Etc….
Which is why in Belgium you'll get a car, extra insurance for you and your family, special vouchers, extra pension savings, ... instead of an actual wage increase. I feel bad asking for a raise because my employer has to spend €300 to give me €100.
51000 a year is 4250 euros per month. That's a lot. Like, an average wage after tax is 1800 euros. So yes, u pay a lot in taxes if u earn 100 000 euros a year but not many ppl earn that amount. U can live very comfortable with 4250 euros a month. Trust me. Also, there are many fiscal rules u can use to earn 100 000 euros without paying so much tax. For example, if u have a second job (flexi job) which u do maybe 1 day week, that wage is tax free. Also, even if 4250 euros is not enough for u (idk how), with a job like that, u surely get a company car (insurance included), meal vouchers etc. I don't see the complaint about the tax. The ppl who should complain about the tax are the middle class.
@@Zycx2 Indeed. In the usa u earn more but cost of living is also much more expensive. Purchasing power of belgians is actually pretty similar to average usa citizens
@@DavidWalker-yx2ih Eye barely know anything. But eye do know that the profit u make on stock market, is tax free. If u want to learn more about belgian tax, eye recommend u take specific tax courses in any hogeschool. The course accountancy-fiscality is a bacherlor degree that focuses on taxes.
Free education, child benifit, free healthcare why no one talking about that? I had surgery 3 times i just walked in and walked out not a penny spent. 😊 But ofcourse i pay tax and health insurance monthly. But I'll also get unemployment benifit if i don't have job, and life long pension of more than 1500 euro per month.
@@sierra2425 tax is mandatory in most of the countries except may be in oil rich countries, but not every country provides equal benefits to citizen in return. So we can consider it as freebie
Advice for the youth in Belgium. Run away from this country if you are motivated. But If you are a leech you will feel good here paying almost no taxes and almost not working and living on others money.
@@sabilousbouly-wb7xg No not UK. I'm also talking about people that want more than average 9 to 5 job and average salary (see my first comment, talking about motivated people, not talking about average workers) and still not being ripped off by the government. If you have mentality of what they call in Sweden. "Lagom" then you will be happy in these countries. If you want more from your life, you wont find anything interesting there.
In belgium it is near impossible to have a salary like this. More realistic is 30k for early workers and 50k-60k for later. And that is for 'good' jobs like engineering.
Actually southern Belgium is way more socialistic and pro huge taxes than Northern Belgium So yes please leave so we can have a decent life with less taxes.
Hey? Wallonia clings to Flanders like a magnet ….they dont wanna be part of France…im French i know… and for claiming France is wealthier then Belgium….uh Belgium is numbre 9 in the world ( living standards countries) my country is like place 23 … i think Wallonia is not waiting to be part of France , people from Wallonia cant stand the french…and we have no so good stereotypes about them. Explosive cocktail in would be…
Is 3300 euros a month net enough to live in Brussels in 2023? Given that you have no rent to pay ? If anyone can give me an answer will be much appreciated!
Bruto or netto? That makes a big difference. If you get that netto, yeah sure you can live normally. Get that in brutto and that wil approx. translate to 1800-2200€ a month. It’s doable but you will live from paycheck to paycheck.
@@user-ut8zn2ol3d I see, I did manage to squish a bit more because I can’t find a definitive answer of what’s the net when the gross offer is 8000 euro a month. But from what i understand is around 50% tax. But yes no rent and no electricity and internet bill. These will be covered too. Well thank you for the insight. Much appreciated.
Nobody in Belgium has a 100k salary exept politicians and their salary is higher than that
Engineers get near this easily
Nobody has that salary because most of guys that start earning that amount of money relize that they should move their business to another country instead wasting their lives paying these theft taxes.
@@sleepyjoe7843even if you take business outside your country wouldn't you still pay since your government still charges tax even if you're staying abroad.
@@devraj1919 It's a bit more complicated than giving one answer. First of all Belgium has double taxation treaties with some other countries, so you might not pay the tax if you earn money abroad. You for sure wont pay tax if you live atleast 6 months in another country. And if you move business to some other country like Russia and probably China. They can't know what you are doing there. In a lot of other countries they can request how much money you have on your bank account (for about +-10 years now), some countries not. But if you move your just contact experts in that field to advice you. You won't pay anything.
@@devraj1919 Oh yeah and Sweden for example has move tax, but I'm sure there are work around of that. There is a reason business want to leave these type of countries and move tax is basically a theft. Just like inheritance tax.
They say the average monthly wage is €3000, but its more like €1500
It's before taxes. After taxes you are left with 1500 and you still have other taxes. Like sales tax (BTW 21%), sugar tax, fuel tax etc. So you can imagine total taxcetion is about 70%.
How do you guys afford rent?
You are Belgian, so I am sure, that you already know this.
But in-case if you don't; I would like to say that Belgium is offering up-to 300euro a month, to anyone who stops driving their car. so if you live in a large Belgian city, then I am sure you could get around just fine by using public transit. and you could cash in on the 300 euro a month.
@@BlackPhillip2007 bro my guys at work would be dying laughing right now! This is false.
@@BlackPhillip2007 No you are probably speaking about small Zulte with 16.000 inhabitans and I'm not even sure they actually inplemented it. They were only talking about it in 2022. And don't forget that someone else pays for it if they get it.
@@alecpato9310 ua-cam.com/video/wf7PEbUYQmc/v-deo.html yea, I don't know much about it. sorry if the information I provided was false.
now I completely understand why I met so many young people, traveling, enjoying, partying, and living for free for 3 years due Chômage, while they tax the shit out of the hard workers, lovely system
I’m a 26 year old male that was born and raised in Belgium. The longer i live and work here the more depressed i get. I have a stable job with a good income but it’s pointless. You get punished to work here, and the jobless live an amazing life. This country sucks and is unfair
In belgium I made 1.7k after tax as a system engineer, couldnt do anything since rent is like half of it..
Got out of there and moved to Malta for a Dutch speaking customer support job and I make 2k after taxes and its cheap to live
Can u move to another country?
@@nofurtherwest3474 i’m planning to leave this shithole. Just need to save up and find a country that suits me.
Would you say that studying in Belgium in order to work there is not advantageous knowing that you sacrifided time and money? If yes what is a solution?
@@sabilousbouly-wb7xgop Depends what you study, you can have a good income with a Masters degree so there’s that. There are lots of solutions but you have to get creative 😅
The question is what do you get in return for paying high taxes ? Is their health care system the best in the world, what about infra ? Unemployment? Etc….
Which is why in Belgium you'll get a car, extra insurance for you and your family, special vouchers, extra pension savings, ... instead of an actual wage increase. I feel bad asking for a raise because my employer has to spend €300 to give me €100.
51000 a year is 4250 euros per month. That's a lot. Like, an average wage after tax is 1800 euros. So yes, u pay a lot in taxes if u earn 100 000 euros a year but not many ppl earn that amount. U can live very comfortable with 4250 euros a month. Trust me. Also, there are many fiscal rules u can use to earn 100 000 euros without paying so much tax. For example, if u have a second job (flexi job) which u do maybe 1 day week, that wage is tax free. Also, even if 4250 euros is not enough for u (idk how), with a job like that, u surely get a company car (insurance included), meal vouchers etc. I don't see the complaint about the tax. The ppl who should complain about the tax are the middle class.
bro he is from the US probably, they earn a lot more so they dont understand
@@Zycx2 Indeed. In the usa u earn more but cost of living is also much more expensive. Purchasing power of belgians is actually pretty similar to average usa citizens
@@karljans4807 do you know a lot about taxes in belgium? i wanna learn
@@DavidWalker-yx2ih Eye barely know anything. But eye do know that the profit u make on stock market, is tax free. If u want to learn more about belgian tax, eye recommend u take specific tax courses in any hogeschool. The course accountancy-fiscality is a bacherlor degree that focuses on taxes.
@@karljans4807 do you have discord? i would love to talk to u
Biggest reason to leave the country…
Hahahahaha im born and raised in Belgium and this is a joke, 100k is being really wealthy here!
That is for the AVERAGE worker. If you make a lot of money, for example $1M a year, you will be left with around $380k.. It's a disgrace
Im thinking of working 1 year in belgium then leaving for good, but because taxes thts gnna be impossibility
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there's a mistake in your calculations. 13100+38800 is 51900 and not 43900...
What will be left is actually 43000 for the year...
Omg thats even worse 💀
@@momoprodigy7827 Yeah and if you are the owner of the company you pay 25% security tax instead of 13,07% like in this video.
What about self-employment income?
You still pay the income tax + every other shitty fees
50% of taxes? That is a tempting offer in Belgium, but I'd rather work in Dubai and pay no taxes. Thanks anyway..
as a Belgian, i can confirm that i live a normal, wealthy life with a family of 5.
We earn more bruto but pay higher taxes no bug dufference
earnings a year: ~74k, no problem at all if ur married or together
Yeah but Dubai is garbage.
@@tripeldanvers i’m thinking about moving overseas to belgium. The taxes are a little scary. Would you say it’s worth it?
@@ItsKimani As soon as you get here you will realize just how racist they are. But if you stay in your own neighborhood it’s livable.
and we dont get anything in return
Come to Africa, then you will learn what "getting nothing in return" means.
@@paulerdosdaughter no i mean our taxes go to the rich ministers and lobbyists
Free education, child benifit, free healthcare why no one talking about that? I had surgery 3 times i just walked in and walked out not a penny spent. 😊 But ofcourse i pay tax and health insurance monthly. But I'll also get unemployment benifit if i don't have job, and life long pension of more than 1500 euro per month.
@@floatinsunhow is it free, if you pay taxes for it?!
@@sierra2425 tax is mandatory in most of the countries except may be in oil rich countries, but not every country provides equal benefits to citizen in return. So we can consider it as freebie
Still less than France's ~60%
Advice for the youth in Belgium. Run away from this country if you are motivated. But If you are a leech you will feel good here paying almost no taxes and almost not working and living on others money.
Run where? Would you say that United Kingdom has higher quality of life for workers?
@@sabilousbouly-wb7xg No not UK. I'm also talking about people that want more than average 9 to 5 job and average salary (see my first comment, talking about motivated people, not talking about average workers) and still not being ripped off by the government. If you have mentality of what they call in Sweden. "Lagom" then you will be happy in these countries. If you want more from your life, you wont find anything interesting there.
I get paid 1589 euro per month as Front end developer
How please?
Had 1.7 in belgium for system engineer, left the country and now make 2k for customer support
In belgium it is near impossible to have a salary like this. More realistic is 30k for early workers and 50k-60k for later.
And that is for 'good' jobs like engineering.
Who (making 100k) in their right mind would choose to work there. Switzerland and Germany are way better options..
Omg I’m getting ripped off daim all me money has been taken
It is better than netherlands man😫 i wish our fuel and cars were as cheap yours too
@@drawncinema2533 do you live in Netherlands ?
Try living in Lithuania i moved to Belgium
slow the hell down i can't even read this shit that quickly
This aint it chief
Southern Belgium belongs to France, and no one doubts it! and south belgium will be free from oppression and more prosperous with france!
Ntm
Actually southern Belgium is way more socialistic and pro huge taxes than Northern Belgium So yes please leave so we can have a decent life with less taxes.
Hey? Wallonia clings to Flanders like a magnet ….they dont wanna be part of France…im French i know… and for claiming France is wealthier then Belgium….uh Belgium is numbre 9 in the world ( living standards countries) my country is like place 23 … i think Wallonia is not waiting to be part of France , people from Wallonia cant stand the french…and we have no so good stereotypes about them. Explosive cocktail in would be…
Is 3300 euros a month net enough to live in Brussels in 2023? Given that you have no rent to pay ? If anyone can give me an answer will be much appreciated!
Bruto or netto? That makes a big difference. If you get that netto, yeah sure you can live normally. Get that in brutto and that wil approx. translate to 1800-2200€ a month. It’s doable but you will live from paycheck to paycheck.
@@biclighter3222 Netto 3500-4000 plus am provided with furnished house
@@biclighter3222so do you think that a salary between 2600 and 3000 brut doesn't really let you save some money in Brussels or Antwerp??
@@user-ut8zn2ol3d I see, I did manage to squish a bit more because I can’t find a definitive answer of what’s the net when the gross offer is 8000 euro a month. But from what i understand is around 50% tax. But yes no rent and no electricity and internet bill. These will be covered too. Well thank you for the insight. Much appreciated.