Is it REALLY much better????
#181
Re: Is it REALLY much better????
No its a bit shit as a total household income. As was noted, income taxes are high here. If you're mortgage free it'd be okay, with no frills living. With a mortgage, pay check to pay check I'd imagine.
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Re: Is it REALLY much better????
Thanks Oink. People really would have to live in Canada to appreciate what we are talking about. 100k doesn't take you very far if you have a mortage, income tax, 15% tax on goods/services, car payments, insurance payments, pension payments, union dues (depending on your profession), EI payments....need I continue
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Re: Is it REALLY much better????
Where is this 350 k home in Vancouver? I'd double that and add 10 percent...yes you are right, if one is servicing a high mortgage, things could be tight. Certainly an average wage won't cut it here, and I suspect an average household income is likely less than 100 k.
Outside of that though, I don't think taxes etc are any worse than the uk and general cost of living is similar.
Outside of that though, I don't think taxes etc are any worse than the uk and general cost of living is similar.
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Re: Is it REALLY much better????
Thanks Oink. People really would have to live in Canada to appreciate what we are talking about. 100k doesn't take you very far if you have a mortage, income tax, 15% tax on goods/services, car payments, insurance payments, pension payments, union dues (depending on your profession), EI payments....need I continue
I agree with Boy D and I have found that taxes and cost of living is similar in Canada to the UK and weigh each other out pretty much
UK - the list is very similar to yours - mortgage, income tax, National Insurance (NI), 17.5% VAT (though it is shown on the majority of prices in the UK), car payments, pension payments (if you can get a decent pension in the UK), $2.24 a litre for fuel....need I continue
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Re: Is it REALLY much better????
I do live in Canada Not for too long yet though
I agree with Boy D and I have found that taxes and cost of living is similar in Canada to the UK.
UK - the list is very similar to yours - mortgage, income tax, 17.5% VAT (though it is shown on the majority of prices in the UK), car payments, pension payments (if you can get a decent pension in the UK)....need I continue
I agree with Boy D and I have found that taxes and cost of living is similar in Canada to the UK.
UK - the list is very similar to yours - mortgage, income tax, 17.5% VAT (though it is shown on the majority of prices in the UK), car payments, pension payments (if you can get a decent pension in the UK)....need I continue
#187
Re: Is it REALLY much better????
Where is this 350 k home in Vancouver? I'd double that and add 10 percent...yes you are right, if one is servicing a high mortgage, things could be tight. Certainly an average wage won't cut it here, and I suspect an average household income is likely less than 100 k.
Outside of that though, I don't think taxes etc are any worse than the uk and general cost of living is similar.
Outside of that though, I don't think taxes etc are any worse than the uk and general cost of living is similar.
Hi.
Look at it this way. Out of the $100,000 you are in a fairly high income tax bracket. Depending on which of the 13 provinces/territories you decide to live in, the average income tax rate is about 24%. The higher income you make per year, the more tax you pay. Also, their is up to 15% service/sales taxes in some of the Canadian provinces like Nova Scotia. In western Canada, the price of housing in Vancouver and Calgary is very high. Some average homes in these cities cost over $350,000. The price of gas in some provinces runs up to $1.30 per litre. Electricity rates are constantly increasing. There is little room for savings for a family earning $100,000. People rely on their work place pensions and RRSPs. But, in terms of putting money in a savings account, I am doubtful if many people can do this.
Look at it this way. Out of the $100,000 you are in a fairly high income tax bracket. Depending on which of the 13 provinces/territories you decide to live in, the average income tax rate is about 24%. The higher income you make per year, the more tax you pay. Also, their is up to 15% service/sales taxes in some of the Canadian provinces like Nova Scotia. In western Canada, the price of housing in Vancouver and Calgary is very high. Some average homes in these cities cost over $350,000. The price of gas in some provinces runs up to $1.30 per litre. Electricity rates are constantly increasing. There is little room for savings for a family earning $100,000. People rely on their work place pensions and RRSPs. But, in terms of putting money in a savings account, I am doubtful if many people can do this.
#188
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Re: Is it REALLY much better????
Agreed on the Van house pricing. Come to the sunny Okanagan and expect to pay $500K. A $100K salary in Canada is equal to a $62K salary in the UK. I can make $100K in Canada but I'd be hard pressed to make $62K in the UK, more likely $50K. So unless the cost of living in the UK is substantially less, you'd be better off in Canada
Like I said earlier, if you can't make a decent life for yourself on $100K a year, you have to have a pretty lavish lifestyle. There's lots of family's in Canada with both working that don't make $100K a year and they seem to get along fine. And I'm sure they go on holidays - just not to Paris.
Like I said earlier, if you can't make a decent life for yourself on $100K a year, you have to have a pretty lavish lifestyle. There's lots of family's in Canada with both working that don't make $100K a year and they seem to get along fine. And I'm sure they go on holidays - just not to Paris.
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Re: Is it REALLY much better????
Once you are above a certain level of income the question "is $x enough" relates mostly to what you choose to spend your money on. We live in one of the more expensive suburbs in the most expensive city in Canada. We have foreign holidays, trips home, both own cars , go out when we like and spend more money at the liquor store than we really should. We are on track with our financial plan to retire debt and mortgage free with a comfortable income in ten years. All this on an household income that equates to way less than $100,000.
However, we don't own a boat, a snowmobile, an ATV or a bloody big gas guzzling pickup to haul them around. The largest TV in the house is a 32" CRT that we were given for free.
Some friends of ours have a family income of less than $60,000. They own a nice house in a pleasant sub-division and have managed to put all their kids through university. They know they will leave their kids a mortgage as well as a house when they die. However, they don't care. They would rather give their kids an education now than a cash windfall later. They are happy with their choices. In fact, they are one of the happiest families I know. For them, a $100,000 a year family income would be untold wealth.
It is also quite possible to struggle financially on $150,000 a year and I have clients in that situation.
The moral is that if someone says you must have $x to survive don't believe them unless you know what they are spending their money on.
However, we don't own a boat, a snowmobile, an ATV or a bloody big gas guzzling pickup to haul them around. The largest TV in the house is a 32" CRT that we were given for free.
Some friends of ours have a family income of less than $60,000. They own a nice house in a pleasant sub-division and have managed to put all their kids through university. They know they will leave their kids a mortgage as well as a house when they die. However, they don't care. They would rather give their kids an education now than a cash windfall later. They are happy with their choices. In fact, they are one of the happiest families I know. For them, a $100,000 a year family income would be untold wealth.
It is also quite possible to struggle financially on $150,000 a year and I have clients in that situation.
The moral is that if someone says you must have $x to survive don't believe them unless you know what they are spending their money on.
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#191
Re: Is it REALLY much better????
I'm in the $100K salary range, have two teenage kids and have to pay a deadbeat ex wife to boot and I have a pretty good lifestyle and we go on holidays every year (every other year, out of country).
Find it hard to believe that you people think a $100K income is "a bit shit".
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Re: Is it REALLY much better????
Some friends of ours have a family income of less than $60,000. They own a nice house in a pleasant sub-division and have managed to put all their kids through university. They know they will leave their kids a mortgage as well as a house when they die. However, they don't care. They would rather give their kids an education now than a cash windfall later. They are happy with their choices. In fact, they are one of the happiest families I know. For them, a $100,000 a year family income would be untold wealth.
It is also quite possible to struggle financially on $150,000 a year and I have clients in that situation.
The moral is that if someone says you must have $x to survive don't believe them unless you know what they are spending their money on.
It is also quite possible to struggle financially on $150,000 a year and I have clients in that situation.
The moral is that if someone says you must have $x to survive don't believe them unless you know what they are spending their money on.
Nope - 1st class and caviar all the way Like JonboyE mentioned "choices" - fly every other year on seat sales or moan and groan about not making enough money to fly up in your seats
#193
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Re: Is it REALLY much better????
taxes are actually quite decent. I suspect they are actually a bit lower than the UK and Europe in general.
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Re: Is it REALLY much better????
Thanks Oink. People really would have to live in Canada to appreciate what we are talking about. 100k doesn't take you very far if you have a mortage, income tax, 15% tax on goods/services, car payments, insurance payments, pension payments, union dues (depending on your profession), EI payments....need I continue
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Re: Is it REALLY much better????
I'm in the $100K salary range, have two teenage kids and have to pay a deadbeat ex wife to boot and I have a pretty good lifestyle and we go on holidays every year (every other year, out of country).
Find it hard to believe that you people think a $100K income is "a bit shit".
Find it hard to believe that you people think a $100K income is "a bit shit".