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GERMAN TAXATION STATS:

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Components of taxation > Corporate income tax	u2.9%		[28th of 28]
Components of taxation > Goods and service tax	29.2%		[19th of 30]
Components of taxation > Personal income tax	25.1%		[16th of 30]
Components of taxation > Property tax	2.3%		[17th of 18]
Contribution by middle 40%	36.5%		[2nd of 14]
Contribution by poorest 30%	10%		[5th of 14]
Contribution by richest 30%	53.6%		[11th of 14]
Taxes on goods and services > % of revenue	22.24 %	...	[62nd of 98]
Taxes on goods and services > % value added of industry and services	7.19 %	...	[54th of 89]
Taxes on goods and services > current LCU	144660000000	...
Taxes on income, profits and capital gains > % of revenue	15.9 %	...	[40th of 98]
Taxes on income, profits and capital gains > % of total taxes	41.7 %	...	[21st of 98]
Taxes on income, profits and capital gains > current LCU	103460000000	...
Total tax rate > % of profit	57.1 %	...	[41st of 171]
Total tax wedge > Single worker	50.7%		[3rd of 29]
Total tax wedge > Single-income family	32.6%		[10th of 29]
Total taxation as % of GDP	37.9 % of GDP		[10th of 18]
Value Added Tax > Lower rate for dwellings	0		[19th of 25]
Value Added Tax > Professional services	16		[20th of 25]
Value Added Tax > Standard rate	16%		[20th of 25]

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SOURCES: OECD Revenue Statistics; Michael F. Forster, 'Trends and Driving Factors in Income Distribution and Poverty in the OECD Area', OECD Labour Market and Social Policy Occasional Paper 42; World Development Indicators database; OECD; OECD Revenue Statistics ; Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Germany, Federal Republic of Germany, Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Deutschland, west germany

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German (Germany)
10th August 2007

The Value Added Tax > Standard rate is now 19% (since 1.1.07).

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