The OECD fiscal decentralisation database provides comparative information on the following indicators analysed by level of government sector, [Federal or Central (including Social Security), State/regions and Local] for OECD member countries between 1965 and 2015:
6. Intergovernmental transfer expenditure
7. Intergovernmental transfer revenue
9. Tax revenue as a share of total revenue
10. Intergovernmental transfer revenue as a share of total revenue
14. The recurrent tax on immovable property
Data contained in these tables have obtained from the OECD National Accounts database, the OECD Revenue Statistics database and from individual countries through questionnaires.
A. Tax autonomy of state and local government
B: Classification of intergovernmental grants
C: Revenue and Spending shares of state and local government
The consolidated expenditure of each level of government is defined as total spending minus the inter-governmental transfer spending of that government level.
Consolidated total general government expenditure is defined as global total expenditure at general government level plus the total inter-governmental property expenditure. The addition is made because the latter represents payments by one level of government for a service provided by another government level and it essentially avoids consolidation of property expenditure at general government level.
The consolidated revenue of each level of government is defined as total revenue minus the intergovernmental transfer revenue of that government level.
Consolidated total general government revenue is defined has been calculated as global total revenue at general government level plus the total inter-governmental property income. The addition is made because the latter represents payments by one level of government for a service provided by another government level and it essentially avoids consolidation of property income at general government level.
The tax revenue data is obtained from the OECD Revenue Statistics database.
Inter-governmental transfer expenditure is defined as transfers payable to other levels of governments. The figures do not take account of either transfers payable to the supranational level of government or transfers between the central government level and social security which are considered to be internal.
Total general government expenditure is defined as the sum of central, including social security expenditure, state/regional expenditure and local expenditure. No consolidation has been applied (apart from the internal between central and social security) because the transfers data are non-consolidated by definition.
Intergovernmental transfer revenue has been defined as transfers payable to each level of government by other levels of government. The figures do not take account of either transfers from the supranational level of government or transfers between the central government level and social security which are considered to be internal.
Total general government revenue is defined as the sum of central, including social security revenue, state/regional revenue and local revenue. No consolidation has been applied (apart from the internal consolidation between central and social security) because the transfers data are non-consolidated by definition.
User fees are defined as the sum of two items from National Accounts: “Market output and output for own final use” and “payments for non-market output”.
The consolidated total revenue is defined as the global total revenue at general government level plus the total inter-governmental property income.
D: Revenue structure of state and local government
In this table, the tax revenue data are shown according to National Accounts definition. This is in order to be consistent with the total revenue figures for each level of government which are also obtained from that source. Internal consolidation between central and social security intergovernmental transfers have been applied when calculating the total revenue at central level.
Transfers between the central government level and social security are considered to be internal and have not been taken into account when calculating either the inter-governmental transfer revenue or the total revenue.
E: Balances and debt of state and local government
Debt is defined as the consolidated total liabilities item from National Accounts excluding insurance technical reserves. Non-consolidated data have been used for 5 countries (Japan, Korea, Mexico, Switzerland and the United States) where consolidated data are not available.
F: Sub-central governments fiscal rules indicator
G: Recurrent tax on immovable property: comparative tables
These tables provide an overview on recurrent immovable property taxation (category 4100 in the Revenue Statistics classification) in OECD countries in a comparative perspective. Tables show the scope of property taxation and the items that are taxed; the approaches for assessing and updating property values; the government level responsible for property taxation; tax exemptions and abatements; and tax rates and their variation across sub-national governments. The tables will be updated every two years.
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