PARIS - Although the top marginal rates are high in France, as shown by the Forbes Misery Index, there has been substantial reform in the country. France has lowered its score in the index by 26.3 points over the past five years. Moreover, this trend should continue over the next several years.
The Forbes Happiness Index also shows that employees in France are satisfied with their salaries after income and social taxes. (The take-home percentage is basically the same as in New York City, but the French have social benefits New Yorkers could only dream of.) This is true at the 50,000 euro salary level through the 1 million euro level in the Forbes Happiness Index for both married and single individuals. Expatriates are even happier in France, since the reforms shown in the previous Forbes study suggest that France is now the most attractive location for expatriates in Europe. In fact, New Yorkers expatriated to France pay the same tax as they would if they'd stayed on Wall Street or Park Avenue--and sometimes less. The French paradox is proven again. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create Web Applications With ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2. Build powerful, scalable RIAs. Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJS Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:233876 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
