A report released on Friday by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) shows that Portugal increased its income tax rate in 2013 to the point where 2 in every 5 euros earned goes to the government.
Income taxes increased by 3.54% in 2013 which compares with an average increase of 0.2 points across OECD countries.
According to the report 41.1% of the gross salary of a Portuguese citizen with an average salary of €1,000 a month went in taxes and Social Security payments. The OECD average stood at 35.9% .
Unmarried taxpayers are discriminated against as a family with two children actually saw taxes go down 0.4% to 29.8% in 2013.
Overall Portugal has the 12th highest tax burden in all of the 34 OECD countries. The worst place on the list for income tax is Belgium at 55.8%, Germany at 49.3%, Austria at 49.1% and Hungary at 49.0% .
The best place to work in salaried employment was Chile where the state only removes 7% from wage packets, New Zealand at 16.9% and Mexico at 19.2%.
