She pays in total 46%. $1 million =€840k. Calculating only income tax rates based on this. • Denmark: 58–60% • France: 53–55% • Austria: 53–54.5% • Belgium: 51–53% • Portugal: 50–52% • Sweden: 50–55% • Slovenia: 48–49% • Netherlands: 47–49% • Germany: 45–47% This does not include value added tax (which ranges from 17-27%) or wealth tax etc.

Plus the inflation tax

Also if a unnecessary regulation forces you to spend money or time to achieve some goal, could this not be considered a tax?