NationMaster Stats Feed: Taxation Category

Taxation > Background

Sat, 22 Oct 2011 19:08:05 +0000

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Number of countries: 1

Taxation > Tax payments > number (per capita)

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 01:14:35 +0000

Definition: Tax payments by businesses are the total number of taxes paid by businesses, including electronic filing. The tax is counted as paid once a year even if payments are more frequent." Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Source: World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).
Number of countries: 172

Taxation > Net taxes on products > current US$ (per capita)

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 01:14:26 +0000

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. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Source: World Development Indicators database
Number of countries: 158

Taxation > Tax burden

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 15:35:36 +0000

Definition: Tax burden as percentage of total national income.
Source: Various sources compiled into Wikipedia's Tax Freedom Day
Number of countries: 24

Taxation > Tax Freedom Day > Date of year

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 15:35:35 +0000

Definition: Date when the Tax Freedom Day was achieved by countries in the year mentioned. Tax Freedom Day is the first day of the year in which a nation as a whole has theoretically earned enough income to fund its annual tax burden
Source: Various sources compiled into Wikipedia's Tax Freedom Day
Number of countries: 24

Taxation > Taxes on income, profits and capital gains including income tax > % of total taxes

Wed, 04 May 2011 21:12:34 +0000

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."
Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.
Number of countries: 99

Taxation > Taxes on goods and services including sales tax > % value added of industry and services

Wed, 04 May 2011 21:12:17 +0000

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."
Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, and World Bank and OECD value added estimates.
Number of countries: 89

Taxation > Total tax rate > % of profit

Thu, 28 Apr 2011 13:06:42 +0000

Definition: Total tax rate is the total amount of taxes payable by businesses (except for labor taxes) after accounting for deductions and exemptions as a percentage of profit.
Source: World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).
Number of countries: 173

Taxation > Time to prepare and pay taxes > hours

Thu, 28 Apr 2011 13:06:23 +0000

Definition: Time to prepare and pay taxes is the time, in hours per year, it takes to prepare, file, and pay (or withhold) three major types of taxes: the corporate income tax, the value added or sales tax, and labor taxes, including payroll taxes and social security contributions."
Source: World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).
Number of countries: 173

Taxation > Taxes on international trade > current LCU

Thu, 28 Apr 2011 13:06:07 +0000

Definition: Taxes on international trade include import duties, export duties, profits of export or import monopolies, exchange profits, and exchange taxes."
Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.
Number of countries: 90