taxes on 100m are not 10m more like 45m as the top tax rate in germany is 45%. The 100m a year is gross revenue also not net profit so he is probably pulling in a lot less after operating costs. People just get greedy and dont want to pay their taxes
Just one note: 45% is the top marginal tax rate. No one is actually taxed such that they lose 45% of their income through personal income taxes. The effective (average) tax rate will be much, much less.
EDIT: not to mention lower taxes due to deductions, capital gains, legal tax shelters.
At 100m you will have a good tax advisor who sets up a network of companies and foundations across Europe and gets your tax rate down to less than half of that rate. If not, get a different tax guy.
It depends, corporations pay on just profits, so income - expenses. The original poster was talking as if the 100m was pure profit, though. Also, I'm not German, but this is how the tax system works in Greece, the UK and many other countries.
