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Old 18th July 2012, 09:46 AM
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Originally Posted by -mia- View Post
Of course you can't be taxed twice on the same income. I'm actually surprised that you would pay less in tax in France than in the UK.
Less income tax, most likely. It's the cotisations that the employers are looking to avoid (since the employer portion works out to something like 40% of gross salary). Also, France gets more of its revenue through VAT than through income taxes.
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