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Components of taxation > Corporate income tax	u5.8%		[24th of 28]
Components of taxation > Goods and service tax	33.1%		[12th of 30]
Source: OECD Revenue Statistics
Components of taxation > Payroll and workforce taxes	0.4%		[7th of 7]
Source: OECD Revenue Statistics
Components of taxation > Personal income tax	53.2%		[1st of 30]
Source: OECD Revenue Statistics
Contribution by middle 40%	37.2%		[1st of 14]
Source: OECD Revenue Statistics
Contribution by poorest 30%	14.1%		[1st of 14]
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
Contribution by richest 30%	48.7%		[14th of 14]
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
Highest marginal tax rate, corporate rate > %	28 %		[52nd of 108]
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
Highest marginal tax rate, individual > on income exceeding, US$	53,116.67 $		[25th of 93]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Highest marginal tax rate, individual rate > %	59 %		[1st of 102]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Net taxes on products > constant LCU	208910000000
Source: World Development Indicators database
Tax revenue > % of GDP	30.61 %		[5th of 98]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Tax revenue > current LCU	449193300000
Source: World Development Indicators database
Taxes on income, profits and capital gains > % of revenue	37.68 %		[10th of 98]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Total tax rate > % of profit	31.5 %		[148th of 171]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Total tax wedge > Single worker	44.2%		[9th of 29]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Total tax wedge > Single-income family	31.3%		[12th of 29]
Source: OECD
Total taxation as % of GDP	48.8 % of GDP		[2nd of 18]
Source: OECD
Value Added Tax > Professional services	25		[3rd of 25]
Source: OECD Revenue Statistics
Value Added Tax > Standard rate	25%		[2nd of 25]
Source: Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

Interesting facts on Danish Taxation

• In Denmark, more than 50% of the tax collected is personal income tax. In the Netherlands, personal income tax makes up less than 15%.
• Tax makes up half of the of Gross Domestic Product in Denmark and Sweden. In Japan and the United States, it makes up less than 30%.

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