FACTOID # 3: People in Germany, Belgium, Hungary and Sweden have to pay almost half their salaries in tax.
 
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Rank   Countries  Amount  (top to bottom)   
#1  Sweden:54.2 % of GDP 
#2  Denmark:48.8 % of GDP 
#3  Finland:46.9 % of GDP 
#4  Belgium:45.6 % of GDP 
#5  France:45.3 % of GDP 
#6  Austria:43.7 % of GDP 
#7  Italy:42 % of GDP 
#8  Netherlands:41.4 % of GDP 
#9  Norway:40.3 % of GDP 
#10  Germany:37.9 % of GDP 
#11  United Kingdom:37.4 % of GDP 
#12  Canada:35.8 % of GDP 
#13  Switzerland:35.7 % of GDP 
#14  New Zealand:35.1 % of GDP 
#15  Australia:31.5 % of GDP 
#16  Ireland:31.1 % of GDP 
#17  United States:29.6 % of GDP 
#18  Japan:27.1 % of GDP 
Weighted average: 39.4 % of GDP  


DEFINITION: Total taxation as % of GDP.

SOURCE: OECD Revenue Statistics

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Rick
16th April 2005 		Comparing bare taxation rates is not a very valid comparison. You should also compare the services provided by the government for these services and if the government is in a deficit or surplus position.
Edgeworth
25th May 2005 		To an economist, total taxes divided by national income, rather than GDP, seems like a better measure. National income excludes depreciation and therefore is a better indicator of the net output of the economy. Looking at US statistics, I see that for recent years, total taxes are about 37% of national income. The time series is relevant too. Until about 1933, this ratio bounced around between about 4% and 8%, excluding major wars. After 1933, it rose steadily until the early 1980s, then flattened out before rising again to a peak of 41% in the early 1990s; since then it has drifted down as the economy grew.
Michael
19th July 2005 		Ian Graham -

I like your mentioning of Tax Freedom Day. Does anyone else note the irony of the fact that tax freedom day in the US is right before we have to pay our federal taxes?
Jan Smith (Sweden)
12th May 2006 		Read this Michael! (And of course everybody else who wants).

Tax Freedom Day in Sweden 2005 was August 10!

http://www.taxfoundation.org/taxfreedomday/
On this site I found that US have The Tax Freedom Day on
April 26 in 2006.

Bottom of this link-page shows Tax Freedom Day in The
OECD countries for 2002. Happy reading!
www.adamsmith.org/cissues/tax-and-economy/businesstax.htm
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