Benefits and Wages: Country specific files

Tax/benefit policies: Detailed descriptions and reforms since 2001

The analyses draw on detailed country-specific information about tax and benefit systems from 2001 to 2008.
These also contain illustrations of how net incomes are calculated in each country.
Calculated taxes, benefits and net incomes for a range of earnings levels and family situations are available in the form of so-called “budget constraint” graphs (See Chapter 3 of  Benefits and Wages:   for details)

	Country chapters information  (.pdf)									Budget constraint calculations & charts  (.xls)
OECD countries
Australia	2008	07	06	05	04	03	02	2001		2008	07	06	05	04	03	02	2001
Austria	2008	07	06	05	04	03	02	2001		2008	07	06	05	04	03	02	2001
Belgium	2008	07	06	05	04	03	02	2001		2008	07	06	05	04	03	02	2001
Canada	2008	07	06	05	04	03	02	2001		2008	07	06	05	04	03	02	2001
Czech Rep.	2008	07	06	05	04	03	02	2001		2008	07	06	05	04	03	02	2001
Denmark	2008	07	06	05	04	03	02	2001		2008	07	06	05	04	03	02	2001
Finland	2008	07	06	05	04	03	02	2001		2008	07	06	05	04	03	02	2001
France	2008	07	06	05	04	03	02	2001		2008	07	06	05	04	03	02	2001
Germany	2008	07	06	05	04	03	02	2001		2008	07	06	05	04	03	02	2001
Greece	2008	07	06	05	04	03	02	2001		2008	07	06	05	04	03	02	2001
Hungary	2008	07	06	05	04	03	02	2001		2008	07	06	05	04	03	02	2001
Iceland	2008	07	06	05	04	03	02	2001		2008	07	06	05	04	03	02	2001
Ireland	2008	07	06	05	04	03	02	2001		2008	07	06	05	04	03	02	2001
Italy	2008	07	06	05	04	03	02	2001		2008	07	06	05	04	03	02	2001
Japan	2008	07	06	05	04	03	02	2001		2008	07	06	05	04	03	02	2001
Korea	2008	07	06	05	04	03	02	2001		2008	07	06	05	04	03	02	2001
Luxembourg	2008	07	06	05	04	03	02	2001		2008	07	06	05	04	03	02	2001
Netherlands	2008	07	06	05	04	03	02	2001		2008	07	06	05	04	03	02	2001
New Zealand	2008	07	06	05	04	03	02	2001		2008	07	06	05	04	03	02	2001
Norway	2008	07	06	05	04	03	02	2001		2008	07	06	05	04	03	02	2001
Poland	2008	07	06	05	04	03	02	2001		2008	07	06	05	04	03	02	2001
Portugal	2008	07	06	05	04	03	02	2001		2008	07	06	05	04	03	02	2001
Slovak Rep.	2008	07	06	05	04	03	02	2001		2008	07	06	05	04	03	02	2001
Spain	2008	07	06	05	04	03	02	2001		2008	07	06	05	04	03	02	2001
Sweden	2008	07	06	05	04	03	02	2001		2008	07	06	05	04	03	02	2001
Switzerland	2008	07	06	05	04	03	02	2001		2008	07	06	05	04	03	02	2001
Turkey	2008	07	06	05	-	-	-	-		2008	07	06	05	-	-	-	-
United Kingdom	2008	07	06	05	04	03	02	2001		2008	07	06	05	04	03	02	2001
United States	2008	07	06	05	04	03	02	2001		2008	07	06	05	04	03	02	2001
Non-OECD countries
Bulgaria	2008	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		2008	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cyprus *	-	07	06	05	-	-	-	-		-	07	06	05	-	-	-	-
Estonia	2008	07	06	05	-	-	-	-		2008	07	06	05	-	-	-	-
Latvia	2008	07	06	05	-	-	-	-		2008	07	06	05	-	-	-	-
Lithuania	2008	07	06	05	-	-	-	-		2008	07	06	05	-	-	-	-
Malta	2008	07	06	05	-	-	-	-		2008	07	06	05	-	-	-	-
Romania	2008	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		2008	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Slovenia	2008	07	06	05	-	-	-	-		2008	07	06	05	-	-	-	-
OECD (zipped)
countries A-F	2008	07	06	05	04	03	02	2001		2008	07	06	05	04	03	02	2001
countries G-K	2008	07	06	05	04	03	02	2001		2008	07	06	05	04	03	02	2001
countries L-P	2008	07	06	05	04	03	02	2001		2008	07	06	05	04	03	02	2001
countries S-U	2008	07	06	05	04	03	02	2001		2008	07	06	05	04	03	02	2001
Non-OECD (zipped)	2008	07	06	05	-	-	-	-		2008	07	06	05	-	-	-	-

*Footnote by Turkey:  The information in this document with reference to « Cyprus » relates to the southern part of the Island. There is no single authority representing both Turkish and Greek Cypriot people on the Island. Turkey recognizes the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC). Until a lasting and equitable solution is found within the context of United Nations, Turkey shall preserve its position concerning the “Cyprus issue”.

* Footnote by all the European Union Member States of the OECD and the European Commission: The Republic of Cyprus is recognized by all members of the United Nations with the exception of Turkey. The information in this document relates to the area under the effective control of the Government of the Republic of Cyprus.

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