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Tax policy analysis consists of the identification and evaluation of the effects of tax policies that have occurred in the past or might be considered for the future. Its primary purpose is to assist policy makers in designing tax policies that are suited to their objectives.
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11-Mar-2008
Families with children have paid less in tax as a percentage of their income in recent years in Australia, Hungary, Ireland and New Zealand, thanks to family-friendly tax policies, but wage-earners in some other OECD countries, including Greece, Iceland, Korea and Mexico, have wound up with higher tax bills due to so-called fiscal drag.
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19-Feb-2008
Four out of ten full-time employed face a marginal tax wedge of more than 70% resulting from labour contributions plus income and consumption taxes combined. Tax reform could mitigate an ageing-related decline in hours worked, and contribute to fiscal sustainability, this report argues. But it requires that cuts focus on the worst distortions and are appropriately financed.
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17-Oct-2007
On October 17 – 19 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the International Tax Dialogue - a collaborative initiative of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the World Bank - convened a global tax conference to examine the experiences of countries in the taxation of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). The Press release is also available in French and Spanish.
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17-Oct-2007
The average tax burden in OECD countries, measured as the ratio of tax to gross domestic product (GDP), is back up to the same levels as in 2000 after a brief reduction between 2001 and 2004, according to figures in the latest edition of the OECD’s annual Revenue Statistics publication.
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31-Jul-2007
The Italian Government has established a fellowship in memory of the young Italian economist Alessandro Di Battista, who prematurely passed away in 2001. The fellowship is designed to allow a young Italian economist to be seconded to the Centre for Tax Policy and Administration, to receive training, conduct research and acquire experience at the OECD. The closing date for applications is 28 September 2007.
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07-Jun-2007
Nearly 300 U.S. and international executives, government officials and other tax experts convened at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, D.C., for a major two-day conference, which highlighted the work of the OECD in the development of national tax policy and international tax arrangements governing cross-border trade and investment.
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05-Apr-2007
The OECD and the United Arab Emirates are to join forces in a drive to strengthen tax co-operation between the countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and between these countries and OECD countries.
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28-Feb-2007
The OECD’s annual compendium of tax data shows little change in levels of taxation on wage earners in different OECD countries, with Turkey, Poland and France levying the most on a single-earner married couple with two children on average earnings and Ireland, New Zealand and Iceland taking the least.
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12-Mar-2007
This new publication describes and analyses various tax-preferred savings accounts, excluding pension-related accounts, in a cross-section of 11 OECD countries.
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11-Oct-2006
Tax revenues, measured as the ratio of tax to Gross Domestic Product (GDP), are rising in many OECD countries despite deep cuts in tax rates, according to a new OECD report, reflecting both the effects of stronger economic growth, which has led to higher corporate profits, and moves in some countries to offset the effects of cuts in tax rates by broadening the tax base and improving tax compliance.
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25-Sep-2006
Updated information is now avaible on Taxation of Corporate and Capital Income and Taxation of Wage Income.
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20-Jul-2006
Tax reform is an on-going process, with tax systems continuously adopting to reflect changing economic, social and political circumstances. Over the last two decades, almost all OECD countries have undertaken structural changes in their tax system which have altered the way these systems function and their economic and social impacts. This document focuses on Denmark, Italy, the Slovak Republic and Turkey who recently presented tax reforms at the meetings of Working Party N° 2 on Tax Policy Analysis and Tax Statistics
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Taxing Wages provides unique information on income tax paid by workers and social security contributions levied on employees and their employers in OECD countries. Special Feature: Tax Reforms and Tax Burdens 2000-2006.
Taxing Wages 2006/2007: 2007 Edition
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