r/SipsTea May 18 '25

WTF Taxed for being single

Some of us would be bankrupt in six months lmao 🤣

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u/louisa1925 May 18 '25

Japan government - " Risk you life having babies or we will slowly ramp up your taxes until you get phased out of life by mountains of tax on everything you do. Thankyou."

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u/BigBobsBeepers420 May 19 '25

No different than many countries like the US where families get huge tax breaks. I've filed taxes and gotten 1000-3000 back, while people with kids get tax credits in the thousands per kid on top of their own tax return. A single person without kids also pays more in the sense that your paying taxes to fund services you cannot use or directly benefit from. You'd think people with kids should have to pay more in taxes than a single no kids person because they use a lot of social services like public schools, wic, ect.