OECD Tax Policy Studies Choosing a Broad Base - Low Rate Approach to Taxation


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This report therefore discusses whether targeted tax provisions, notabily tax expenditures, continue to be worthwhile. It includes an annex covering country-specific revenue forgone estimates of tax expenditures for selected OECD countries.




OECD Tax Policy Studies Choosing a Broad Base - Low Rate Approach to Taxation


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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 ...







OECD Tax Policy Studies Recent Tax Policy Trends and Reforms in OECD Countries


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This ninth volume of the OECD Tax Policy Studies series reports on trends in the areas of tax revenues, the ‘tax mix’ and the taxation of labour, dividends, and personal and corporate income. It also looks at value added and environmental taxes.




Tax Policy


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This book provides a broad analysis of standard tax policy in OECD countries in the first half of the twentieth century. It identifies broad trends in policy, summarises developments in the theory of tax policy and describes and compares policies actually adopted by various groups of countries. It is invaluable for anyone studying or involved in implementing tax policy. Public finance theory and the complexities of tax administration are kept to a minimum throughout to ensure accessibility.




OECD Tax Policy Studies Tax and the Economy A Comparative Assessment of OECD Countries


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This study provides an analysis of important current tax policy issues in a number of areas: corporate and personal income tax and social security contributions; consumption tax; property and wealth taxes; taxing power and tax administration.




OECD Tax Policy Studies Fundamental Reform of Corporate Income Tax


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Presents the recent trends in the taxation of corporate income in OECD countries, discusses the main drivers of corporate income tax reform and evaluates the gains of fundamental corporate tax reform.




OECD Tax Policy Studies Fundamental Reform of Personal Income Tax


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This study examines the general trends in the taxation of capital and wage income, the principal systems for taxing that income, and the most significant changes that have taken place in recent years.




OECD Tax Policy Studies Tax Burdens Alternative Measures


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This study reviews some of the most common measures used to gauge tax burdens of households and corporations. In addition, it provides some illustrative numbers from various sources on tax rates and tax burdens in OECD countries.




OECD Tax Policy Studies Using Micro-Data to Assess Average Tax Rates


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This study considers advantages of relying on micro-data to assess average tax rates on labour, capital and transfer income and presents some illustrative results.