Taxing Wages - Information by Country

Taxing Wages - Information by Country

Tax reforms to improve economic performance

Many governments are facing historic high levels of deficit and debt. Public spending has risen and they are taking in less money as tax revenues fall. Governments are attempting to consolidate their budgets, looking for the appropriate balance between expenditure cuts and revenue increases.

Taxing Wages - Main Trends

The 2010 edition of Taxing Wages provides estimates of tax burdens and of the tax wedge between labour costs and net take-home pay for 2010.

Tax revenues fall in OECD countries

Tax revenues fell in cash terms during 2009 in most OECD countries, driven downward by declining economic activity and tax cuts aimed at cushioning the effects of the recession that followed the financial crisis.

Tax Policy Study No. 20 - Tax Policy Reform and Economic Growth

In the wake of the recent financial and economic crisis, how OECD countries can face the challenge of restoring public finances without jeopardising economic growth?

Tax policy reform and fiscal consolidation

Given the current high levels of budget deficits and government debt, Governments recognize that they need to consolidate their budgets. Taxes can give rise to a multitude of disincentives to work, invest and innovate, with adverse effects on economic growth and welfare.

Tax Policy Study No. 19: Choosing a Broad Base – Low Rate Approach to Taxation

Many countries will likely face the need to increase tax revenues, as part of fiscal consolidation, during the next few years. But how is this best done? And what are the considerations when choosing between raising tax rates and broadening the tax base by scaling back or abolishing targeted tax provisions (such as allowances, exemptions and preferential rates)? This report aims to answer such questions by taking a close look at the

Tax Reform: Restoring Growth

Given the current high levels of budget deficits and government debt, Governments recognize that they need to consolidate their budgets. Taxes can give rise to a multitude of disincentives to work, invest and innovate, with adverse effects on economic growth and welfare. But how can such distortions be minimised?

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Taxation, Innovation and the Environment (Chinese version)

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Outcomes of the first meeting of the Informal Task Force on Tax and Development

The first meeting of the OECD’s informal Task Force on Tax and Development was held on 11 May. They agreed to assist developing countries to develop effective tax systems.