{"id":246,"date":"2026-08-16T09:51:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T09:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moneycq.com\/?knowledgebase=regions"},"modified":"2026-08-16T09:51:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T09:51:11","slug":"regions","status":"publish","type":"knowledgebase","link":"https:\/\/moneycq.com\/?knowledgebase=regions","title":{"rendered":"Regions and Country Packs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The region you choose changes everything about your payslip: tax brackets, social levies, and the retirement scheme are all real, verified, and versioned by tax year.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What it is<\/h2><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Region packs covering New Zealand, Australia, United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, South Africa, Singapore, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, and Vietnam \u2014 plus the Generic baseline for simple starts and existing worlds.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What it does<\/h2><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Applies each country&#8217;s income-tax schedule and levies to your pay.<\/li><li>Models its retirement scheme (KiwiSaver, super, 401(k), CPF, EPF, and friends).<\/li><li>Applies business tax, property tax, and capital-gains tax per region.<\/li><li>Teaches the same money thinking through each country&#8217;s own institutions.<\/li><\/ul><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to use it<\/h2><ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Choose a region when you create a life.<\/li><li>Read the payslip lines to see your country&#8217;s rules in action.<\/li><li>Compare worlds: the same decisions produce different outcomes under different systems.<\/li><\/ol><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Good to know<\/h2><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Packs carry their tax year and are re-checked as budgets land. More countries are on the roadmap.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ready to try it? Start a life at <a href='https:\/\/app.moneycq.com'>app.moneycq.com<\/a> \u2014 your first week takes about two minutes.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-246","knowledgebase","type-knowledgebase","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moneycq.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase\/246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moneycq.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moneycq.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/knowledgebase"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moneycq.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}