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<title><![CDATA[Tax burdens on labour income in OECD countries continue to rise]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[New data show that across OECD countries the average tax and social security burden on employment incomes increased by 0.1 of a percentage point to 35.6 per cent in 2012.  It increased in 19 out of 34 countries, fell in 14, and remained unchanged in 1.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Tax: Revenues rising slowly across the OECD]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In most OECD countries tax revenues are continuing to rise in relation to GDP from the 2008-09 declines seen at the beginning of the crisis, according to OECD’s annual Revenue Statistics. OECD countries collected about 34.0%  of GDP in taxes in 2011, compared with 33.8% in 2010. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2012 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Revenue Statistics country note for Greece]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Revenue Statistics: Country note for Greece]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[OECD Taxation Working Paper No. 13: Taxes and Investment in Skills]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This paper considers the influence of taxes on the financial incentive to invest in human capital and explores the tax treatment of private investment by individuals and employers in post-compulsory education and lifelong learning in 31 OECD countries, India and South Africa. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2012 13:07:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Tax: the average tax burden on earnings in OECD countries continues to rise]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The average tax and social security burden on employment incomes increased in 26 out of 34 OECD countries in 2011 according to the new OECD Taxing Wages publication. Tax payers in Ireland, Luxembourg, Portugal and the Slovak Republic were among those hit with the largest increases.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Tax revenues stabilise in OECD countries in 2010]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[OECD countries acknowledge that taxes must play a role in the process of fiscal consolidation as they battle unprecedented budget deficits. In 2010, the majority of OECD governments have stabilised their tax to GDP, with the average ratio moving up slightly from 33.8% in 2009 to 33.9% in 2010.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Tax: Global Forum Publishes Report to the G20 on Tax Transparency]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Tax Transparency 2011: Report on Progress, a report prepared by the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes, was delivered to the G20 in Cannes and is now available to journalists.&]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Tax reform can create jobs]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[High unemployment rates, in the wake of the financial and economic crisis, have governments scrambling to create  jobs.  A new OECD report suggests that well-targeted tax reforms can encourage employers to hire more people and the  jobless to look for employment.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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