Purpose of the publication | Website table of contents | Tax revenue trends
Tax structures | Taxes by level of government | Country information |
Special features | Methodology issues
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Print (Paperback) ISBN: 9789264180284
E-book (PDF Format) ISBN: 9789264179790
Publication date: 20 Nov 2012
Pages: 380 Number of tables: 141 Number of graphics: 15
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Data on government sector receipts and on taxes in particular, are essential inputs to most structural economic descriptions and economic analyses of individual countries. They are also increasingly used in international comparisons.
This annual publication presents a unique set of detailed and internationally comparable tax revenue data in a common format for all OECD member countries from 1965 onwards. It also describes a conceptual framework to define which government receipts should be regarded as taxes and to classify different types of taxes.
The 2012 edition includes two Special Features:
- ‘Revenue Statistics in Latin America: Tax revenue trends 1990-2009’ and
- ‘Classification of tradable emissions permits’.
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Press release 24/10/2012: Tax revenues rising slowly across the OECD

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Purpose of the publication, OECD classification of taxes and interpretative guide

- Purpose of the publication, OECD classification of taxes and Interpretative guide.
- Tax revenue trends
- a. Tax ratio changes between 2007 and provisional data for 2011
- b. Tax ratio changes to 2010
- c. Tax ratio changes between 1965 and 2010
- Tax structures
- Taxes by level of government
- Country information
- Special features
- Methodology issues
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Tax ratio changes between 2007 and provisional data for 2011

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Tax ratio changes to 2010

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Tax ratio changes between 1965 and 2010

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Tax structures

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Taxes by level of government



This section covers issues about the presentation of non-wasteable tax credits, and the impact of GDP revisions on ratios of tax levels.
Methodology issues
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