Here where I am right now, in Austria, there is a 19% VAT on everything, plus over 50% on gas, plus they have an income tax of almost 50%, plus the employer pays more. And they also have property taxes, and they have a “fuel consumption surcharge” on cars that makes a SUV that would be $45k in the states cost about $80k (55-60k euros).
Everybody pay attention to what Rob is telling you about European taxes. DO NOT add another tax to the federal tax structure.
It’s a nightmare, isn’t it? I was in Switzerland a few years ago, the VAT was insanely high. And the Swiss are usually a lot more common sense than that.