People in Slovakia will work 156 days solely for the taxman this year, TASR learnt from Deloitte consultancy on Thursday. The so-called tax freedom day will fall on 6 June this year. This adds an extra eight days when compared to last year. Tax Freedom Day is a simple and straightforward representation of the tax burden in the economy, said Deloitte. On 155 and 159 days respectively, taxpayers in Spain and Ireland will work a similar number of days to pay off their tax obligations. The lowest number of days after which people begin earning for themselves will be in Bulgaria (122) and Romania (125). Meanwhile, Luxembourg (272 days), Belgium (212), Denmark (210) and France (209) are at the opposite side of the scale.
Gavin Shoebridge, Photo: SITA
