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Tax policy analysis consists of the identification and evaluation of the effects of tax policies that have occurred in the past or might be considered for the future. Its primary purpose is to assist policy makers in designing tax policies that are suited to their objectives. The OECD Tax Database compares tax statistics for member countries. Read more.
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25-Apr-2012
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.
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25-Jan-2012
Increased domestic resource mobilization is widely accepted as crucial for countries to successfully meet the challenges of development and achieve higher living standards for all their people.
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29-Nov-2011
OECD countries acknowledge that taxes must play a role in the process of fiscal consolidation as they battle unprecedented budget deficits. New OECD data in the annual Revenue Statistics publication show that 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.
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12-Oct-2011
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.
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04-Oct-2011
Governments and taxpayers spent about half a trillion dollars last year supporting the production and consumption of fossil fuels. Removing inefficient subsidies would raise national revenues and reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, according to OECD and IEA analyses.
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Taxing Wages: Average tax burden on workers’ earnings starts to rise again, putting pressure on real after-tax pay
10-May-2011
The average tax and social security burdens on employment incomes rose in most countries in 2010, reversing a trend toward declining tax burdens seen in previous years, according to a new OECD report. In most cases, though, any rise reported was small.
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15-Dec-2010
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. OECD Revenue Statistics 2010 provides the latest comparable data and analysis, explains tax trends in all OECD countries, and looks back over tax revenues since 1965.
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from 18-Nov-2010 to 19-Nov-2010
Reforming fossil-fuel subsidies is of vital importance for meeting the global challenge of climate change. The OECD therefore organised a workshop to discuss how to identify and measure subsidies and aspects of tax systems that effectively support fossil fuels.
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29-Oct-2010
Beijing, 26-27 October 2010 – Tax and environment experts have concluded two days of sharing experience about how environmental tax reform can contribute to green growth.
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