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OECD countries’ tax burdens back up to 2000 historic highs

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.

OECD countries’ tax burdens back up to 2000 historic highs

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.

OECD Tax Policy Studies No. 15: Encouraging Savings through Tax-Preferred Accounts

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.

OECD’s Taxing Wages shows little change in taxes on individual wage earners

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.

OECD Tax Database - new data

25-Sep-2006

Updated information is now avaible on Taxation of Corporate and Capital Income and Taxation of Wage Income.

Tax Policy Development in Denmark, Italy, the Slovak Republic and Turkey

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

Tax policies vary widely from country to country, OECD study shows

13-Oct-2005

The ways in which governments raise money through taxation continue to vary widely across the OECD, with Denmark collecting almost 60% of its revenues from personal and corporate taxes and France less than 25%, according to data in the latest edition of the OECD’s annual Revenue Statistics.

OECD and the Italian Government announce the 2005 Alessandro di Battista Fellowship

26-May-2005

The Italian Government has generously established a fellowship in memory of the young Italian economist Alessandro Di Battista, who came from the Italian Ministry of Finance to work on tax analysis at the OECD and 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.

OECD Tax Database - 2004 data available

22-Apr-2005

Since 2000, this annual database provides comparative information on personal and corporate income tax and consumption tax systems and rates in OECD countries.  Data for 2004 has now been included.




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