Taxation/Addendum
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Tax revenues
(% 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 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
The changing composition of taxation
% of total tax receipts
1965 1985 2006 Personal income tax 30 30 25