Economy > Government > Revenue > Tax Stats: compare key data on Ireland & United Kingdom
Definitions
- Income tax: Average income taxes (net of benefits), as a percentage of gross wage earnings, levied on a single person with no children, who earns the average wage.
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Maximum tax rate for individuals:
Individual (max).
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Mexico had range specified: 29%-3%
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Sales tax, VAT or GST (reduced rate):
Reduced rate.
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- Tax burden, % of GDP: Overall taxes, including all forms of direct and indirect taxation at all levels of government, as a percentage of GDP.
- Taxes foreign income of nonresident citizens: Indicates whether or not a tax is levied on the foreign income of non-resident citizens. An asterisk indicates that certain exemptions exist.
- Taxes foreign income of resident foreigners: Indicates whether or not a tax is levied on the foreign income of resident foreigners.
- Taxes local income of nonresident individuals: Indicates whether or not a tax is levied on income generated in the country by individuals who are not residents (applies to both, citizens and foreigners).
- Taxes local income of resident citizens: Indicates whether or not a tax is levied on income generated within the country by individuals who are both citizens and residents of this country.
- Taxes local income of resident foreigners: Indicates whether or not a tax is levied on income generated within the country by resident foreigners
SOURCES: http://www.oecd.org/ctp/tax-policy/NTCP-Table-S1-S2.xlsx, Table S.2, Average net personal compulsory payment rate, OECD, 2014.; Wikipedia: List of countries by tax rates (Countries); Wikipedia: Value added tax (EU countries); 2014 Index of Economic Freedom; Wikipedia: International taxation (Individuals)
