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(Source: OECD Taxing Wages 2007/2008)
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==Tax revenues==
==Tax revenues 1985 and 2007==
(% of GDP)
(% of GDP)
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(Source OECD revenue statistics (2008))
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==The changing composition of taxation==
==The composition of taxation 1965, 1985 and 2006==
% of total tax receipts
% of total tax receipts
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(Source:OECD (2008) Revenue Statistics )
(Source:OECD (2008) Revenue Statistics )

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This addendum is a continuation of the article Taxation.

The tax wedge 2008

% of total labour costs

     Japan            Italy           France       Germany    United States United Kingdom
29.5 46.5 49.3 52 30.1 32.8

(Source: OECD Taxing Wages 2007/2008)

Tax revenues 1985 and 2007

(% of GDP)

     Japan            Italy           France       Germany    United States United Kingdom       OECD      
1985 27.5 33.6 42.8 36.1 25.6 37.6 32.7
2007 27.9* 43.3 43.6 36.2 28.3 36.6 39.8*
* 2006

(Source OECD revenue statistics (2008))

The composition of taxation 1965, 1985 and 2006

% of total tax receipts

  1965     1985     2006  
Personal income tax 30 30 25
Corporation income tax 9 8 11
Employees' social security contributions 6 7 9
Employers' social security contributions 10 13 15
Payroll tax 1 1 1
General consumption tax 14 16 19
Specific consumption taxes 24 16 11

(Source:OECD (2008) Revenue Statistics )