Taxing Wages: Country note for the Czech Republic

The average worker the Czech Republic faced a tax burden on labour income (tax wedge) of 42.4% in 2013 compared with the OECD average of 35.9%. Czech Republic was ranked 9 of the 34 OECD member countries in this respect.

La République tchèque se redresse, mais un effort plus soutenu est nécessaire pour relancer la convergence des revenus avec les pays de la zone euro, selon l'OCDE

L'économie tchèque sort enfin d'une récession prolongée mais doit prendre de nouvelles mesures pour accélérer la convergence des revenus avec les pays de la zone euro, selon la dernière Étude économique de l'OCDE.

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The Czech Republic has made impressive progress in terms of living standards since it joined the OECD 20 years ago, but significant room for improvement exists in several areas. As the external environment is not especially supportive at present, the Czech Republic needs to mobilise domestic drivers of growth to further close the income gap with advanced economies, said OECD Secretary-General.

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Society at a Glance 2014 - Key findings for Czech Republic

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Revenue Statistics 2013

Tax revenues continue bouncing back from the low levels reported in almost all countries during 2008 and 2009, at the height of the global economic crisis, according to new OECD data in the annual Revenue Statistics publication. This annual publication presents a unique set of detailed and internationally comparable tax revenue data in a common format for all OECD member countries from 1965 onwards.

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Le manque de sensibilisation du secteur privé est regrettable et entrave la lutte contre la corruption transnationale en République tchèque

Un nouveau rapport de l’OCDE appelle instamment les pouvoirs publics tchèques à agir au plus vite pour sensibiliser le secteur privé à la corruption transnationale, qui est encore trop mal connue des entreprises malgré l’adoption récente d’un dispositif législatif complet engageant leur responsabilité en cas d’infraction de cette nature.

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