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Components of taxation > Corporate income tax
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u7.6% |
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[18th of 28]
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Components of taxation > Goods and service tax
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26.9% |
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[23rd of 30]
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DEFINITION: Goods and service tax as a percentage of total tax collected by the country. Data is for 2002. |
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SOURCE: OECD Revenue Statistics |
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Components of taxation > Personal income tax
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25.5% |
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[15th of 30]
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DEFINITION: Personal Income tax as a percentage of total tax collected by the country. Data is for 2002. |
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SOURCE: OECD Revenue Statistics |
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Components of taxation > Property tax
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4.3% |
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[11th of 18]
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DEFINITION: Property tax as a percentage of total tax collected by the country. Data is for 2000. |
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SOURCE: OECD Revenue Statistics |
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Components of taxation > Social security > Contribution by employer
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20.4% |
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[7th of 27]
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DEFINITION: Tax on employer's contribution of social security as a percentage of total tax collected by the country. Data is for 2002. |
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SOURCE: OECD Revenue Statistics |
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Contribution by middle 40%
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31% |
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[11th of 14]
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DEFINITION: Proportion of taxes paid by the broad income group - middle class 40% (Data is for mid-1990s). Taxes include all direct income taxes, including employee social security contributions. Income groups were built on the basis of final disposable adjusted income. |
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SOURCE: OECD Revenue Statistics |
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Contribution by poorest 30%
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6.7% |
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[8th of 14]
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DEFINITION: Proportion of taxes paid by the broad income group - poorest 30% (Data is for mid-1990s). Taxes include all direct income taxes, including employee social security contributions. Income groups were built on the basis of final disposable adjusted income. |
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SOURCE: 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 |
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Contribution by richest 30%
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62.3% |
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[6th of 14]
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DEFINITION: Proportion of taxes paid by the broad income group - richest 30% (Data is for mid-1990s). Taxes include all direct income taxes, including employee social security contributions. Income groups were built on the basis of final disposable adjusted income. |
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SOURCE: 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 |
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Net taxes on products > constant LCU
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128550200000 |
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DEFINITION: Net taxes on products (net indirect taxes) are the sum of product taxes less subsidies. Product taxes are those taxes payable by producers that relate to the production, sale, purchase or use of the goods and services. Subsidies are grants on the current account made by general government to private enterprises and unincorporated public enterprises. The grants may take the form of payments to ensure a guaranteed price or to enable maintenance of prices of goods and services below costs of production, and other forms of assistance to producers. Data are in constant local currency. |
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SOURCE: 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 |
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Net taxes on products > current US$
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179,677,900,000 $
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[5th of 159]
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DEFINITION: Net taxes on products (net indirect taxes) are the sum of product taxes less subsidies. Product taxes are those taxes payable by producers that relate to the production, sale, purchase or use of the goods and services. Subsidies are grants on the current account made by general government to private enterprises and unincorporated public enterprises. The grants may take the form of payments to ensure a guaranteed price or to enable maintenance of prices of goods and services below costs of production, and other forms of assistance to producers. Data are in current U.S. dollars. |
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SOURCE: World Development Indicators database |
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Social contributions > % of revenue
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35.85 %
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[11th of 78]
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DEFINITION: Social contributions include social security contributions by employees, employers, and self-employed individuals, and other contributions whose source cannot be determined. They also include actual or imputed contributions to social insurance schemes operated by governments. |
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SOURCE: World Development Indicators database |
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Taxes on goods and services > % value added of industry and services
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9.14 %
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[46th of 89]
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DEFINITION: Taxes on goods and services include general sales and turnover or value added taxes, selective excises on goods, selective taxes on services, taxes on the use of goods or property, taxes on extraction and production of minerals, and profits of fiscal monopolies. |
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SOURCE: World Development Indicators database |
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Taxes on income, profits and capital gains > % of revenue
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32.52 %
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[13th of 98]
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DEFINITION: Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains are levied on the actual or presumptive net income of individuals, on the profits of corporations and enterprises, and on capital gains, whether realized or not, on land, securities, and other assets. Intragovernmental payments are eliminated in consolidation. |
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SOURCE: World Development Indicators database |
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Taxes on income, profits and capital gains > % of total taxes
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54.4 %
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[9th of 98]
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DEFINITION: Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains are levied on the actual or presumptive net income of individuals, on the profits of corporations and enterprises, and on capital gains, whether realized or not, on land, securities, and other assets. Intragovernmental payments are eliminated in consolidation. |
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SOURCE: World Development Indicators database |
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Total tax wedge > Single worker
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46.2% |
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[6th of 29]
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DEFINITION: The percentage of gross earnings given up in tax, including any social security contributions. Calculated for a single worker without children, earning 100 % of the average wage. Data for 2001, and only for selected OECD countries. |
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SOURCE: World Development Indicators database |
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Total tax wedge > Single-income family
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35.6% |
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[9th of 29]
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DEFINITION: The percentage of gross earnings given up in tax, including any social security contributions. Calculated for a married couple with two children, earning 100% of the average wage. Data for 2001. Selected OECD countries only. |
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SOURCE: OECD |
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Total taxation as % of GDP
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42 % of GDP |
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[7th of 18]
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DEFINITION: Total taxation as % of GDP. |
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SOURCE: OECD |
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Value Added Tax > Lower rate for dwellings
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10 |
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[2nd of 25]
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DEFINITION: Value Added Tax 2002. Whether there is a lower rate for dwellings and if so, what rate. |
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SOURCE: OECD Revenue Statistics |
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Value Added Tax > Professional services
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20 |
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[13th of 25]
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DEFINITION: Value Added Tax 2002. Whether there is a lower rate for dwellings and if so, what rate. |
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SOURCE: Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe |
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Value Added Tax > Standard rate
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20% |
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[13th of 25]
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DEFINITION: Value Added Tax rate |
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SOURCE: Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe |
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