Economy > Government Stats: compare key data on Cuba & Japan
Definitions
- Finance minister: The name of each country's finance minister. A finance minister is a cabinet member in charge of overseeing and regulating the economic and monetary activity of a country. Certain countries have different titles for their finance minister, such as the UK's "Chancellor of the Exchequer" or the United States' "Secretary of the Treasury".
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Revenue > Tax > Corporate tax:
Corporate tax.
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Bangladesh had range specified: 45%-0%
Maldives had range specified: 15%-0%
Mexico had range specified: 30%-28%
Spain had range specified: 30%-25%
Sri Lanka had range specified: 35%-0%
Switzerland had range specified: 25%-13%
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Revenue > Tax > Maximum tax rate for individuals:
Individual (max).
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Mexico had range specified: 29%-3%
- Revenue > Tax > Tax burden, % of GDP: Overall taxes, including all forms of direct and indirect taxation at all levels of government, as a percentage of GDP.
- Revenue > Tax > Taxes foreign income of nonresident citizens: Indicates whether or not a tax is levied on the foreign income of non-resident citizens. An asterisk indicates that certain exemptions exist.
- Revenue > Tax > Taxes foreign income of resident foreigners: Indicates whether or not a tax is levied on the foreign income of resident foreigners.
- Revenue > Tax > Taxes local income of nonresident individuals: Indicates whether or not a tax is levied on income generated in the country by individuals who are not residents (applies to both, citizens and foreigners).
- Revenue > Tax > Taxes local income of resident citizens: Indicates whether or not a tax is levied on income generated within the country by individuals who are both citizens and residents of this country.
- Revenue > Tax > Taxes local income of resident foreigners: Indicates whether or not a tax is levied on income generated within the country by resident foreigners
- Revenue > Tax revenue as percentage of GDP: Heritage Foundation (2012).
SOURCES: Wikipedia: List of current finance ministers (States recognized by the United Nations); Wikipedia: List of countries by tax rates (Countries); 2014 Index of Economic Freedom; Wikipedia: International taxation (Individuals); Wikipedia: List of countries by tax revenue as percentage of GDP (Index of Economic Freedom , Heritage Foundation . Note: Tax revenue as a percentage of GDP was obtained from the individual country pages, under the "Fiscal Freedom" section. These numbers change. Please update the numbers for individual countries in the list.)
